Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Wood's Division
General Buell arrived on the 26th at Columbia, TN, only to find that a new bridge had not yet been built over the Duck River. It would not be until the 29th that his divisions, 5 in all, could begin crossing.
General Grant had sent a large majority of his Union divisions to the west side of the Tennessee River at Pittsburg Landing. These troops were camped but not well organized, and there had been no entrenching, as no battle was expected there. The Union command expected to consolidate with Buell's army, and then move toward Corinth, MS and engage the Confederate army (also consolidated) in a large battle.
Confederate generals, including A.S. Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard, could see the Union plans and had determined to strike before the consolidation of the opposing armies. The lack of readiness of the Union armies would be costly.
More Information: .
- Link: War Operations, see Volume X, Chapter XXII, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 59-69.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 63-64
- Shelby Foote: The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1, Fort Sumter to Perryville, pp. 322-324.
- Shiloh, Larry L. Daniel, pp. 104-111.
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