they went to find lew wallace.they found him a couple of miles north of the battlefield marching steadily but not exactly desperately. it was not a terrible march but was not the kind of speed we expect from a soldier who was determined to try to save his buddies who are fighting for their lives. there was not that kind of speed. as they talked to wallace to try to convey to him the idea that it will be a good idea to go a lot faster, rawlins was goaded to almost completely lose his temper by wallace's smart assurance that he knew better what he wanted his division to do then did grants to most trusted staff officers who had just come directly from grant. they didn't know what grant wanted lew wallace to had not seen grant since the morning. he supposedly knew what grant wanted. that was not really a reasonable assumption and it bothered john rawlings a lot who was really at the point of actually having lew wallace arrested. mcpherson remained calm. not only calm but downright suave. that is how he always was. he k

if this were talking about lew wallace, i could talk about that but i will not. allace'sternoon, lew division was not there and grant needed it really bad. things were not going very well on the battlefield. the army of the tennessee had its back to the wall. the army of the tennessee was never so close to being defeated shiloh.s that day at grant really needed that extra division to get there soon. he had sent several messages. sentin the afternoon, he what i think were probably his most to trusted staff officers rawlings, john grant's most trusted staff officer. the other man he sent was james mcpherson. i think that says something about the degree of trust mcpherson had won with grant even in just two were three months under his staff. they went to find lew wallace. they found him a couple of miles north of the battlefield marching steadily but not exactly desperately. it was not a terrible march but was not the kind of speed we a soldier who was determined to try to save his buddies who are fighting for their lives. there was not that kind of speed. wallace to