Tom:

You certainly are right!

Solon may not have been "the sharpest knife in the drawer" when Hardee left him with broken equipment, old material, and raw recruits to defend Arkansas, but he was the only one who had command and was prepared to die defending Arkansas.

Letters;

<http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/hertford/letters/borland21.txt>

<http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/hertford/letters/borland23.txt>

<http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/hertford/letters/borland24.txt>