now, the key thing here is grant reaching the yazoo river to the north vicksburg. of these confederates that are fanning hundreds bluff and haynes bluff, they fall back vicksburg, of course. and so by the 17th, 18th, grant and sherman both and several lot of the troops have reached the a river, which is critical in terms of supplies. where was grant supplies coming from all during the inland campaign here in may, either from the land they're gathering, you know, bread and and bacon and not a lot of bread. bacon and poultry and all of that off the land. so he does somewhat live off the land, but you can't go out into a farmer's field and pick many. i have yet to see a mini bald bush. where where you can can pick those. also, the critical need is bread, not a lot of bread stuffs are available in in the plantation area here in the farming area. and as a result, what grant is basically moving in wagon trains up to the army are the things that he can't acquire cannot acquire by living off the land and that's mainly bread and ammunition so it's critical that grant reach