The country has been a chaotic state for years, but statements from both the United Nations and the G7 group of countries emphasized their growing concerns.
He continued to believe that Bragg's forces were in disarray, even though he was now receiving multiple reports of the large Confederate force in the area.
Altogether, he's in a frightfully knocked-about state; I suppose it was that war in South America—and he certainly didn't get proper care when the mischief was done.
Not all of them know the answer and the ones who think they do end up pointing in several different directions before eventually reaching a state of confusion.