...ing his pickets to fall into the national hands, with many dead unburied, and the wounded in the hospitals. The heaviest fighting at Bentonsville was on the 19th, when Johnston struck the head of Slocum 's column, forcing back a division; but as soon as Slocum brought up his troops, he repulsed all attacks, and held his ground, as ordered, to await the arrival of the right wing. The total national ...