heyward. william c heyward. the target of the raid. i think he was the target of the raid. i'm happy to discuss that in question and answer. so in taking this risk, you know, they gain time and time was precious. you know, leaving under the cover of darkness, they need the advantage of darkness. they don't know what's out there. they don't know. if the confederates are there waiting, pick them off. right on land, probably on land. because the confederate navy was very small. and the confederate army didn't boats like the u.s. army did. but there trying to maintain that advantage. so they did that by going up the coosa river, but they lost one of their boats. the sentinel ran aground and it was a transfer board steamer, meaning that it was one of the boats that they would have used to transport freedom seekers to. so their capacity was reduced by half. and this must been heartbreaking. this must have been heartbreaking to the second south carolina soldiers who were themself slaves, formerly enslaved came. now, as i tried to figure out how to tell this story authentically, i