Don Wildman

And they have a strategy in mind, right?

You mentioned before they've completely lost the element of surprise, which is important.

How big are the sizes of these forces in comparison to each other?

Interesting.

They must know that Arkansas is on its way, right?

So goes the great strategy of winning the river back.

And I'll just quote her.

Wow, what a great writer she is.

How old is this girl?

There are numerous casualties in this war of very important officers.

Brigadier General Williams, who's in charge of the Union there, rides personally along the lines.

He is fatally shot while leading the troops.

A huge psychological blow, obviously.

Colonel Thomas W. Cahill took over the command, leads a retreat back to the prepared defensive lines.

which came within the protective range of warships.

That's generally what's going on here.

I'm trying to sketch this out broadly for listeners.

You've got the Navy over there with all their guns, and they've cleared their paths.

They've got a lot of strategy there with all of that.

The Army can move accordingly, and so they've prepared the option of going back towards the shore because they know that fire from the ships is going to protect them.