[mainepatsfan]

It's a rumor that Harry Heath, the commander of the first rebel division to enter the town, enshrined in his memoirs. Heath sent Pettigrew into town to conscript whatever supplies happened to be on hand and not specifically for shoes.

He didn't exactly have a lot to be proud of that morning.

[Non-Sequitur]

He didn't exactly have a lot to be proud of that morning.

It wasn't entirely his fault. Lee mismanaged the cavalry that he'd made Stuart leave behind so Heath was stumbling around blind in enemy territory. He had no idea Union troops were as close as they were and had expected to face militia at best.