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Nathaniel Hughes offers a full-length tactical study of this important battle. In careful detail, he lays out Confederate and Union troop movements and places the engagement within the larger military framework of the last months of the war. Analyzing the reasons for the initial success and eventual failure of Johnston's offensive, Hughes maintains that Sherman showed great restraint by remaining committed to the larger goal of reaching Goldsboro rather than stopping to pursue or destroy the defeated Confederates.Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs, Jr. is the author of 'Bentonville The Final Battle of Sherman And Johnston', published 2006 under ISBN 9780807857847 and ISBN 080785784X.
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