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Battle of Petersburg

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Civil War battle cited as inventing 'mass butchery' according to Fitzgerald, but distinguished from the sentiment-driven warfare of WWI.

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"'General Grant invented this kind of battle at Petersburg in sixty-five.' 'No, he didn't — he just invented mass butchery. This kind of battle was invented by Lewis Carroll and Jules Verne'"

F Scott Fitzgerald on WWI · u/number1amerifat · ↑47 · 2025-12-24