one of them was a brigade commander under benjamin prentice, colonel everett peabody. he violates orders and orders out a combat reconnaissance because he's fearful that there's something in front of them based on the way he's reading intelligence, and his brigade is not going to be caught unawares, and he sends out a combat reconnaissance. did peabody believe that the entire confederate army is out there? probably not. but he knew something was out there and he wanted more intelligence. so he didn't tell he was sending out a combat control, he didn't tell sherman, whose force would have to march across his front, to perform its patrol. he didn't tell him he was sending it out. so nobody knew that federal force, ruffle five companies of infantry at 3:00 in the morning on april the 6th started marching to the south, southwest to corinth road. by 4:55 a.m., three shots rang out. they had hit, apparently confederate calvary. they were mounted who road away from the federals after they fired at them. the combat control was under the command of major james powell who threw