Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
By the 27th, General Rosecrans has completed his plan for attacking the Confederate army gathering at Murfreesboro. Crittenden's corps, on the army's left, is to approach the town on the Nashville Pike, which is the main road between the two cities (this pike is parallel to the current US 41 highway). Wood's Division is designated to capture intact the bridge over Stewart's Creek, just south of Smyrna, TN. Although roads were very bad elsewhere, Wood's division was able to advance quickly and surprise the Confederate defenders.
Troops from another division are able to capture the bridge while jettisoning the timbers hastily fired by the retreating Confederates. The left and center wings are meeting resistance and also struggling to move along muddy roads. Rosecrans holds Crittenden from advancing until the 29th, when they advance to about 2 miles from Murfreesboro.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XX, Chapter XXXII, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 218-252.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 91.
- Shelby Foote: The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, pp. 81-84.
- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol 3. The Tide Shifts, pp, 600-605.
- Peter Cozzens, No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River, pp. 41-60.
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