Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
By the 22nd, General Buell had all his divisions moving quickly toward Louisville, where he intended to regroup and prepare an advance on Confederate positions by October. General Nelson, who Buell had sent north several weeks before, awaited him with the new troops sent from Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
General Bragg had moved to Bardstown, KY, arriving on the 22nd, and intended to merge his army with the other Confederate army under General E. Kirby Smith. Kirby Smith, however, did not get the correct message, and the merger did not happen as intended, with only the transfer of two brigades from Kirby Smith to Bragg.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XVI, Chapter XXVIII, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 526-536.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 85.
- Shelby Foote: The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1, Fort Sumter to Perryville, pp. 650-661.
- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol 3. The Tide Shifts, pp,4-12, 31-44.
- Kenneth Noe, Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle, pp. 62-76.
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