so this brings me to colonel john hartung of illinois. why have come to know very well after spending hours with his family in chicago. now, he was a former whig congressman, part of a wealthy and procedures kentucky family, he was related to henry clay. both through marriage and blood, tightly woven, a kentucky aristocracy. starting with the first men in illinois, he was volunteering to fight for the war before it started, he was repeatedly writing letters to stephen douglas. even though douglas was a democrat. and he already had a lot of military experience. he had bought in the black hawk war. and he actually was in charge of the mormons and state of illinois. he was a big military guy, a political guy, and he really wanted to buy mexico. he wrote letters to newspapers saying that this is our possible opportunity to gain california for the united states. and i will be the front of that movement. and in fact, he was. now, pardon is excited about the possibility of taking a lot of mexican territory and manifest destiny. when he gets to m