Hey everyone, welcome to episode 218 of our Civil War.

Civil War Podcast. I'm Rich.

And I'm Tracy. Hello y'all. Thanks for tuning into the podcast.

With the last episode, we talked about the Battle of Iyuka, which took place on September

19th, 1862 in Northern Mississippi. As y'all recall, the Federal Commander Ulysses S. Grant

had planned to trap sterling prices small Confederate Army at Iyuka and defeat it. But when

one arm of Grant's Pinser movement failed to join in the battle on the 19th, Price was

able to successfully slip away the next day.

At the end of the last show, we said that the only thing that had been settled by the

battle at Iyuka and sterling prices successful escape was that it was now inevitable that

Price's small army would link up with the other Confederate Force operating in Mississippi,

which was commanded by Earl Vandorn.

And we pointed out that once the two generals joined forces, Vandorn, who was technically

senior in rank to Price, would be in command. And whereas Price had been racked by indecision

and had delayed moving against the Federal's, Vandorn would show decisive leadership.

Although it would be the same sort of leadership, Vandorn had displayed during the P. Ridge

campaign in Arkansas, that is reckless and rash.

In any case, since the Federal's made little effort to pursue sterling price after he slipped

away from Iyuka, he and Vandorn were able to finally link up on September 28th at Ripley,

Mississippi, about 32 or so miles southwest of Corinth.

Interestingly, in his book The Darkest Days of the War, The Battles of Iyuka and Corinth,

Peter Cosson's reports that at dusk on the 28th, a small earthquake rocked the ground

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