Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
Wagner's two brigades had gone to Nolensville by the 13th, and then were ordered back to Wilkinson Pike, near the site of the late battle.
General Rosecrans was becoming frustrated with trying to track the various units of Confederate cavalry using infantry. He is appealing to Washington to provide horses and gear to mount infantry regiments; about 3,000 horses are on the way to him.
The Confederate cavalry is also harassing river traffic; many of the boats have no armor or guns. Rosecrans requests river boats that have bullet-proof boiler rooms and pilot houses. These also are promised to him as soon as available.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XX, Chapter XXXII, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 322-334.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 95.
- Shelby Foote: The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, pp. 166-174.
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