so it was no easy process of getting back to your own army. which meant that if you're a union soldier and you did not want to spend time in a prisoner of war camp, it might be better to run from the enemy than to fight and perhaps face captivity. and one of the reasons we were kind of talking about for the struggle the union army had during the overland campaign made the argument that by the end of it, these armies were kind of in a really poor shape. one of the things the union soldiers were understanding was that if they surrendered, they would go to andersonville which is something they did not want to do. it was probably in their best interests if they wanted to survive to run if the battle did not look like it was going their way. now, for african-american soldiers, the fort pillow massacre gives them a justifiable reason to retaliate. and when african-american troops go into battle, oftentimes they go in under this desire no the to take confederate prisoners for retaliation of...