Description
Confederate General Earl Van Dorn sat down that night with his troops, confident in a victory. He did not know that the Union, in the cover of night, were gathering their troops, supplies and ammunition for an assault the next day. He also had made a reckless decision with his forced march days earlier - he had left his wagons of spare ammunition and food miles away to speed up the march. With bone weary soldiers who were tired, hungry and with limited ammo, this would prove a deadly mistake.