Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
There is little to report at this time from the Army of the Cumberland. Confederate cavalry and river transportation continue to be the main concerns. More troops are coming from Kentucky in a few days.
In the east, Burnside is stalled in front of Fredericksburg, but still determined to attack again after a recent repulse in that area. Further west, General Grant is attempting to find a way into Vicksburg, MS.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXIII, Chapter XXXV, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 1-14.
- 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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