Hey everyone, welcome to episode number 411 of our Civil War Podcast.

My name is Rich.

And I'm Tracy.

Hello y'all.

Thanks for tuning into the podcast.

As you guys all recall, with the last episode, we talked about the dramatic rebel breakthrough

on the third day of the Battle of Chikamaga when James Long Street's wing of the Confederate

Army rolled forward right through the gaping hole in the federal line.

Everything went to pieces for the Yankees south of the gap where the rebels had broken

through.

Individual units made brave and determined stands and a number of sharp combats took place,

but no one on the badly disorganized Union right could halt the onslaught of Long Street's

Confederates.

However, all was not peaches and cream for the Confederates.

In the last show, we talked about Long Street's command failure when he failed to seize the

reigns of command himself after John B. Hood was seriously wounded.

As you guys will recall, Hood was in charge of the attack column that plunged through

the hole in the federal line, and when he went down and left the field, the momentum of

the attack faltered.

It was a critical moment that called for decisive action, but instead Long Street called for

his lunch to be brought forward.

And despite a personal reconnaissance of the ground to the north of the breakthrough, Long

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