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Imho the most influential war in history is the Caesar Augustus' failing attempt to conquer the Germans. He sent two legions over the Limes Renano expecting to tame the german population. It didn't happened: in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest the army of 15.000 well trained roman solders was completely slayed but Germans. In a what if...
Only the Union left flank fought on under the command of Union General George H. Thomas, who earned the nickname The Rock of Chickamauga, for holding his line. In the end, Rosecrans' entire army had to retreat to Chattanooga. The Battle of Chickamauga was the Confederacy's last important victory in the Civil War.t was tactically a draw, but strategically a Union victory, because the Confederates were forced to retreat to Virginia. It was one of the deadlest battles of the war. The most important battle of the entire war occured in Pennsylvania at Gettysburg.