
How A Democracy Fights
The Victor Davis Hanson Show
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The Battle of Sherman
There were more cannon than artillery we've ever seen, especially on the northern side. Shiloh killed more people that shiled than all the battles since the Revolutionary War combined. It was a precursor to World War I. And that was largely because of fixed positions and the idea that you ran right in the face of concentrated musket fire and artillery to take that position and destroy the enemy army.
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