Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in to episode 211 of our Civil Warpod

cast. My name is Rich. And I'm Tracy. Hello y'all. Welcome to the podcast. Last

week as y'all recall we covered one of the epic marches of the Civil War as

we talked about the movement of federal general George Morgan's 7th Division

from Cumberland Gap up through the rugged mountains of Eastern Kentucky to the

Ohio River. Meanwhile about 200 miles to the west after abandoning Munfordville

on September 20th 1862 Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army of the Mississippi

headed northeast 40 miles to Bardstown. Bragg expected to resupply his troops at

Bardstown and link up with Kirby Smith's Confederate Army of Kentucky. It was a

tough march to Bardstown and not just because many of the rebel soldiers

reportedly were without shoes by this point in the campaign and were going

barefoot. The drought and heat added to the men's miseries as did the

feeling in the ranks that the army had missed a fantastic opportunity at

Munfordville to deal Buell's Yankees a crippling blow. As you guys will recall

we said that at Munfordville Bragg's Confederates had been in a fantastic

tactical situation standing between Buell and his supply base at Louisville

but unfortunately for the rebels they themselves were in serious logistical

trouble and if they'd stayed at Munfordville more than a few days Braxton

Bragg's army would have started to starve. So Bragg had been forced to make the

difficult decision to abandon Munfordville and march northeast to Bardstown

where as Tracy said he expected to resupply and link up with Kirby Smith.

Lieutenant John Inglis of the third Florida spoke for many in Bragg's army when he

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