Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
The success of Morgan's Confederate cavalry at Hartsville, TN (see previous entry) on the 7th has stirred a beehive of activity in the Union command. There is much concern with finding Morgan and Forrest; Forrest is expected to move back into Kentucky to try to break up the railroad and Morgan has not been located since his attack at Hartsville.
There is also concern of an attack in western Tennessee on Fort Henry or Donelson by a sizable force. A skirmish south of Nashville is interpreted as a feint to distract from the main attack on the forts. This attack never did develop.
General Rosecrans trades a series of letters with General Bragg regarding the treatment of civilians and irregular army personnel (Rosecrans believes some of the Confederate troops disguise themselves as civilians). Rosecrans also is trying to manage protecting the railroad and moving Union troops into position for his upcoming move to the south.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XX, Chapter XXXII, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 135-163.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 90.
- Shelby Foote: The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, pp. 1-81.
- 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. 1-41.
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