And speaking of the inner man, after Morgan’s experiences east of the river, his first impression of those slouch-hatted, suntanned farm boys in his new command must have been a bit disheartening. How was it that Hindman described them in his O.R. report? Armed with pikes and lances? Wow!

I’m beginning to feel like we did as kids on Christmas Eve. I’ll sure be glad when Dr. Allardice’s book comes in.