now ben tonville. this will be the high water mark, ben tonville. he and his men will launch four desperate assaults across morris's open fields. into the mouths of at least 16 union guns. at night fall, he calls off further attacks. he has managed to hold on and the battle of march 9th ends on a draw. now it's up to the right wing. they come marching to his assistance. early on the morning of 20th of march. they reach bentonville around midday. the first troops to get there are the 15th army corps under the command of john a. logan former congressman from illinois. probably the best political general in the union army. now johnston faces a real dilemma. he's been facing sloakum to the west, now he has to deal with the might of sherman's entire army. so those bend back his left flank. and in effect, he's going to create a bridge head guarding his only route of retreat across a flooded mill creek. early morning, march 21st 1865 johnston will be outnumbered three to one. nearly 60,000 troops at bentonville. johnston will have 20,000 at most. sherman's