Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
The concerns of the army remain the same at this time; the location of Confederate cavalry, the possible reinforcement of Bragg's army, fears of an attack on the river forts in Union hands, and internally, pay, morale and the return of soldiers gone missing without permission.
General Rosecrans has ordered that a roll of honor be kept by company, regiment and brigade; some of the honored will form an elite battalion with the best equipment and the newest arms, ready for duty anywhere as required by their brigade.
In Washington, a conscription law has passed the Senate with support from the President. Conscription is meant to fill the requirement for soldiers beyond those who volunteer, and to make up for desertions, recently estimated as as many as 100,000 troops. General Rosecrans has stated he has 40,000 absentees from his army, many of them deserters.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXIII, Chapter XXXV, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 66-75.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 97.
- Shelby Foote: The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, pp. 166-174.
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