and so lou wallace lets the matter matter drop. he is promoted to the administrative command of the middle department, which is headquartered in baltimore. it was largely a political appointee to watch over the city of baltimore and even that angered henry halleck. he said it was a little better than murder to give wallace commands like this. he wrote angrily to his wife, susan about all of these battles were about to happen in 1864, and he was sidelined in baltimore. and he said soon be heard. the trumpet and the shout of the captain and the clash of the spear. and i will not be there. he was a kind of guy who liked action, liked battle, like the marshal air. but he's in baltimore, headquarters of the utah hotel, which no longer stands but was about three and a half blocks away from where the baltimore orioles play today. right. and that's where john finds him on july 2nd, 1864. and john garrett says, i got this bridge. i'm worried. and lew wallace basically says, say no more, because here is lew wallace's chance for action. a man