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Old 04-20-2007, 23:51 PM   #12 (permalink)
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...So, I'm going with my original answer: 'FRANKLIN', because when you're asking about civil war battles that DECIDED things (as the original post did), then having an entire army wiped off your order of battle and leaving the entire theatre totally undefended is purty much the way that word is defined.
Sure, you can 'go with' any answer you want. However, Hood's army wasn't 'wipe off the order of battle' at Franklin. After Franklin the army advanced and assaulted the Union position at Nashville. It was Nashville where Hood's army was effectively finished.
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