so indra jackson had to make a decision.sobey this order from the president and face the consequences were the abandoned the 2000 soldiers there in the field. when he described some of the discussion that went on. if they disobey the order it would be considered high-handed mutiny. one option was a firing squad. the other option was that a lot of these port tennessee boys would die if you banded them. and that was a choice indra jackson had to make. i think it showed -- shook him to the core. i think it changed him. it appeared the indra jackson had been thoroughly defeated. there is a great story in mark's book. when jackson was a young boy one of the boys he wrestled him. said i can throw him three times at a four but he wouldn't stay throat he never would give up. he started to devise a plan to march his soldiers back to tennessee. he was going to violate this order from the secretary of war. and jackson agreed to do that. the soldiers try to talk him out of it. it's very easy for you to head money to get back to say that