we have such new accounts as that of dudley hayden whose an aide-de-camp on the staff of albert sydney johnston. he and heap writes writes in a j published in a newspaper that has come to light. the fact that the plan per se. he is writing, you know the day before the battle, the plan was, essentially -- that -- that they had a right-wing and a left wing. and this is in contrast to -- to thomas jordan and -- and some of the other people -- that -- that were credited or discredited for the -- for the tandom attack formation of having a corps one behind the other to -- to attack on the battlefield that was completely a wilderness type battlefield which of course was impractical. so there is more work to be done. in terms of really -- investigating -- the tactical battle plan of the confederates as the it existed on april 6th. however -- that being said the fact that confusion was rampant in terms of the whole confederate line, nobody seemed to be in command in any sector unless it was albert sydney johnston. there should have been a segment of well, where hardy had, where a portion of the battlef

>> yeah, but what if the bullet had missed albert sydney johnston and had gone all the way to virginia and let's say it took six weeks to get there -- and it struck robert e. lee in the side of the leg and he bled to death. would he have developed into the great, at that point, would he be remembered as the the great military genius that he is and would his face be on the side of some mountain? i don't know. he evolved. he evolved. >> i might also comment, in regard to sherman and grant and the issue of surprise, they tried to defend themselves at the time on the issue of surprise and of course sherman very disturbed when grant is being criticized so. and sherman has to know that -- if grant was surprised a lot of the reason is because he was surprised. you know, i doubt if they had admitted, "yes i was surprised, but then i fought well," i don't think they would have survived. i don't believe either one of them if they had admit they'd were surprised by the attack -- would have -- >> as we know, this is an issue long past the war when the -- when the fellows are getting old and arguin

among general albert sydney johnston's initial preparations, for the, the surprise attack, he asked -- on march 26th, which was 11 days before shiloh, that a core of at least 20 reliable citizens be formed who were familiar with this section of the country he said. particularly, that portion of it, lying between the memphis and charleston, and mobile and ohio railroads. and the tennessee river. these men were to be used as guides, he said, and they recruited from civilian farmers and residents in the region. and what johnston did with the core of citizens has not been fully explained. this being one ufof the many mysteries of shiloh, from an obscure source. found in a period newspaper -- we now have -- an account of a federal sergeant in the 25th missouri infantry from colonel everett peabody's brigade that explains that -- "the day prior to the battle three spies were arrested by the 25th missouri regiment, two of whom were confined in our guard tent when the battle began." this confirms that sydney johnston was actively seeking critical enemy deployment information right up to the h

grant, sherman, albert sydney johnston, pete g.t. beauregard, brag and on and on we could talk. the wonderful that shiloh has above all the other battlefields in today's world and listening to the additions that are going to be made to shiloh makes this more a fact. it is location. location in a rural part of tennessee, a place which in so many ways remains very much akin to what this area looked like in that previous period. so we are very fortunate to have a july like shiloh here. what we are going to do today as van indicated. we are going to hear from three of the leaders in civil war scholarship as pointed out. i am not going to reintroduce them again. we have larry daniel at the en. we have wylie sore here at this end and in the middle, james lee mcdonough. the frightening thought is if a terrorist puts a bomb under this table and it goes off, we lose most of our historical knowledge in the battle of shiloh. if you see any suspicious packages, please inform your nearest agent. let me begin by asking our panelists, what we are going to do is have each person do an opening s