and joseph johnston at the time is the quartermaster general of the united states army. and he thinks great, i'm going to be the highest rankin officer in the confederacy because i'm the highest ranking guy who resigned their commission in the united states army. t so, says jeerson davis in fact, johnston lls behind samuel cooper, albert sydney johnston and robert e lee. so he's not even the first johnston. he's he's his fourth and the second johnston and i mean, he was upset. i'll say that in march 1861, confederate congress had authorized the appointment of five officers to the great a brigadier general and the law stipulate to that quote the relative rank of each grade should be determined by the former commissions in the u.s. army. a perfect joe johnston has the highest rank, but it didn't distinguish between staff and line. and so johnston believed he was the senior officer. davis ignored this. he simply appointed the people that he thought were the best in the order in which he basically judged their military ability. johnston sends a crazy number of letters. he di

reasons, including what he's confronting him the rear and here's just a little bit of the idea joseph johnston is lurking out there he he reoccupied jackson after grant leaves in his building an army of relief a very bullet grant he's worried about it. he's almost paranoid about it. so he will create if we get it in the siege warfare here in actually the next decision number seven is to lay siege to vicksburg is really the only option that got there. so number six is to assault. and i can understand why grant did it, but in tandem, number seven, no other option, less lay siege. so when you lay siege there, very definite terms are used. the line that goes in to actually in the confederates, vicksburg or any place under siege is called a line of circumnavigation. nobody ever heard that term. we're getting real technical. okay. i don't see a single hand out there. and this to a may have been to vicksburg so okay that's much better we'll we'll last all right make sure you still awake the the line of circumnavigation will basically encircle vicksburg and cut them off. now this is not actually done

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