Dr. Timothy B. Smith

And Halleck gives glorious letters. He's very friendly with Grant. And so it's almost like Sherman is saying, okay, I'm going to bide my time, be friendly with both until I see which one I need to hook my wagon to, you know, to go farther. But very much developing a friendship here with Grant. And a lot of that comes out of Shallow.

Of course, he has that famous saying that if nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve. He doesn't want to get involved in the politics, and I can certainly understand that. And he probably is the kind that would have made a much better dictator than president. There you go.

Of course, he has that famous saying that if nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve. He doesn't want to get involved in the politics, and I can certainly understand that. And he probably is the kind that would have made a much better dictator than president. There you go.

Of course, he has that famous saying that if nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve. He doesn't want to get involved in the politics, and I can certainly understand that. And he probably is the kind that would have made a much better dictator than president. There you go.

Well, depends on your definition of surprise. Yes, the Confederate Army is delayed. We talk about the Industrial Revolution and the steamboats and the railroads. All of those work fine during the rainy, wet weather, muddy and all that.

Well, depends on your definition of surprise. Yes, the Confederate Army is delayed. We talk about the Industrial Revolution and the steamboats and the railroads. All of those work fine during the rainy, wet weather, muddy and all that.

Well, depends on your definition of surprise. Yes, the Confederate Army is delayed. We talk about the Industrial Revolution and the steamboats and the railroads. All of those work fine during the rainy, wet weather, muddy and all that.

It breaks down, of course, in between the two where you have to go back to the old fashioned wagons and horses, you know, moving the same way Julius Caesar did 1862 years before kind of thing, you know. So, it does delay the Confederate advance. Beauregard, the Confederate second in command, is absolutely convinced that the enemy will know they're there.

It breaks down, of course, in between the two where you have to go back to the old fashioned wagons and horses, you know, moving the same way Julius Caesar did 1862 years before kind of thing, you know. So, it does delay the Confederate advance. Beauregard, the Confederate second in command, is absolutely convinced that the enemy will know they're there.

It breaks down, of course, in between the two where you have to go back to the old fashioned wagons and horses, you know, moving the same way Julius Caesar did 1862 years before kind of thing, you know. So, it does delay the Confederate advance. Beauregard, the Confederate second in command, is absolutely convinced that the enemy will know they're there.

Says, let's turn around and go back to Corinth. Johnson says, no, we're going to do this. We came. This is the great gamble. We have to fight Grant before Buell arrives. So, they launch the attack, and miraculously, it is more of a surprise than Beauregard predicted. Right. But again, their definitions of surprise strategically or operationally, it is very much a surprise.

Says, let's turn around and go back to Corinth. Johnson says, no, we're going to do this. We came. This is the great gamble. We have to fight Grant before Buell arrives. So, they launch the attack, and miraculously, it is more of a surprise than Beauregard predicted. Right. But again, their definitions of surprise strategically or operationally, it is very much a surprise.

Says, let's turn around and go back to Corinth. Johnson says, no, we're going to do this. We came. This is the great gamble. We have to fight Grant before Buell arrives. So, they launch the attack, and miraculously, it is more of a surprise than Beauregard predicted. Right. But again, their definitions of surprise strategically or operationally, it is very much a surprise.

No federal woke up the morning of April the 6th thinking that they were going to fight the largest battle in American history that morning, that it was that much of a surprise. Now, you get down to tactical level on the battlefield itself.

No federal woke up the morning of April the 6th thinking that they were going to fight the largest battle in American history that morning, that it was that much of a surprise. Now, you get down to tactical level on the battlefield itself.

No federal woke up the morning of April the 6th thinking that they were going to fight the largest battle in American history that morning, that it was that much of a surprise. Now, you get down to tactical level on the battlefield itself.

The Federals are, of course, not expecting to fight the battle, but there is a patrol that's sent out to, you know, a skittish Union brigade commander sends a patrol out. That uncovers the Confederate advance about a mile out from the camp. And as a result, they have warning and they are in line of battle, ready to meet the enemy as they're coming toward their camps.

The Federals are, of course, not expecting to fight the battle, but there is a patrol that's sent out to, you know, a skittish Union brigade commander sends a patrol out. That uncovers the Confederate advance about a mile out from the camp. And as a result, they have warning and they are in line of battle, ready to meet the enemy as they're coming toward their camps.

The Federals are, of course, not expecting to fight the battle, but there is a patrol that's sent out to, you know, a skittish Union brigade commander sends a patrol out. That uncovers the Confederate advance about a mile out from the camp. And as a result, they have warning and they are in line of battle, ready to meet the enemy as they're coming toward their camps.

Well, yes, it's never intended to be a battlefield. It's a staging area. But I've always said if you have to get surprised and caught and ambushed and play the defensive, Grant couldn't have picked a better place to do it because of the terrain in the battlefield. And so essentially the way the battle will play out on the first day, and it's a mirror image on the second day, but the first day,