Hey everyone, welcome to episode 279 of our Civil War podcast.

My name is Rich.

And I'm Tracy.

Hello y'all.

Thanks for tuning into the podcast.

As we get started with this show, we just wanted to point out that with regard to these

first several episodes in the Bigsburg Story arc, because we're covering the background

to the campaign, well, as you may have realized, we've actually already talked about many

of these events either in the regular episodes of the podcast or in members episodes.

Right.

For example, we used some members episodes to talk about the fall of New Orleans, the

Battle of the Rams at Memphis, and the short but dramatic career of the CSS Arkansas.

And then with this show that you're listening to, we'll talk a bit about Ayuka and Corinth

once again, but we've actually already covered those battles in much more detail in some

regular cast.

So all of that's to say that if you'd like to, you can always go back and listen to

those shows once again.

And if you're a part of the straw fit brigade, then of course you can check out those

members episodes anytime.

All right.

So we just wanted to remind all about that.

But now as we get back to the business at hand and continue setting the stage for the

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