It was the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on North Carolina soil. On Saturday and Sunday, more than 40,000 people are expected to turn out to watch more than 2,500 Civil War re-enactors refight the Battle of Bentonville on its 150th anniversary.
Roughly 1,250
Confederates will face off about 1,250 Union re-enactors, said Jake
Jennette, who'll be commanding Confederate forces for the event.
"We'll
be pretty evenly matched," Jennette said Thursday, decked out in the
braid of a Confederate major general. "Unfortunately, we have a script,
so we have to lose."
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I sure wish I could be there to see where my ancestor was.
ReplyDeleteWish you could also.
DeleteIn real life, evenly matched, would have meant a Turkey Shoot for the gentlemen from the South.
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed.
DeleteMay the best side win this time - Confederacy.
ReplyDeleteConsidering the difference in numbers they did pretty well originally. Reminds me of this mismatched fight.
ReplyDeletehttp://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2011/02/harald-nugiseks.html
The German force of 22,250 men held off the Soviet advance of 136,830 troops. As the Soviet forces were constantly reinforced, the casualties of the battle were 150,000–200,000 wounded and dead Soviet troops and 157–164 Soviet tanks."
I read about this great battle; really impressive. General Patton said the German's
ReplyDeletewere the best soldiers.
German's were the best soldiers.
DeleteI agree. I don't believe an equal force of Germans against the same American forces in WWII would have boded well for the US.
Here! Here! And, I am not even German; I am pure Norwegian, thru
Deleteand thru.
They were there.
DeleteSeveral Western scholars refer to the campaign as the Battle of the European SS for the 24 volunteer infantry battalions from Denmark, Estonia, East Prussia, Flanders, Flemings, Holland and Norway within the Waffen-SS.
I see. Good to be counted. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWarriors, all.
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