Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
During these days, Rosecrans is still trying to get new officers and equipment for his army, and has some success. He is also adding some divisions to his army, feeling that he needs more and better equipped troops before he can move forward and confront the Confederate armies. He has new indications that Bragg and Kirby Johnson are bringing most of their troops to Middle Tennessee, in the Murfreesboro and Tullahoma, TN area. Rosecrans is constantly prodded to move forward before the winter weather prevents it.
Crittenden has moved his corps a little to the west and is in the process of crossing to the west side of Stones River (this area is a reservoir now. just southeast of the Nashville airport). He is seeking easier crossings so that he does not have to construct a bridge to get his corps across.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XX, Chapter XXXII, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 64-83.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. pp. 88-89.
- Shelby Foote: The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1, Fort Sumter to Perryville, pp. 741-768.
- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol 3. The Tide Shifts, pp, 600-603.
- Peter Cozzens, No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River, pp. 1-26.
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