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Suppose the Sixteenth Corps, with less than 5,000 men, seeing at least three times their number in their front, should have retreated, instead of standing and fighting as it did: What would have been the result?
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gutenberg.orgGrenville Dodge: “Suppose the Sixteenth Corps, with less than 5,000 men, seeing at least three times their number in their front, should…”
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Dodge poses a hypothetical scenario to emphasize the bravery of the Sixteenth Corps in the face of overwhelming odds.
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