Battle of Hoover's Gap

And I think we did a whole episode on John T. Wilder as well.

And Hoover's Gap is really the first place where Lilly's Battery is going to have its first major battle

ever.

Real quick though about this, Wilder, his focus, you know, he was very different because he had a big emphasis on innovation and he had a real emphasis on speed.

Now, fortunately, around that time of the year in June of 1863, you had the wheat crop coming available, so you had food at your fingertips.

I mentioned before, you know, we did a whole episode on the Tullahoma campaign, but basically, like you said, it's June of 1863.

Rosecrans wants to capture the Confederate Depot at Tullahoma, and they're going to pass through a valley called Hoover's Gap, like you mentioned.

But again, this episode, we talked a lot about it, but thanks to Wilder's speed and Lilly's fast-moving mobile artillery now, Wilder pushed the Rebs aside in the name the Lightning Brigade was