Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
All the regiments that fought in the Battle of Stone's River will inscribe the name of that battle on the regimental battle flags.
General Rosecrans' idea of creating elite forces drawn from regiments (noted in last entry) is disapproved, as current law does not allow for these types of regiments to be formed.
Rosecrans sends the following dispatch to Washington:
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MURFREESBOROUGH, TENN.,
February 20, 1863 - 10:20 PM.
Maj. Gen. H. W. Halleck:
The increasing list of sick is my reason for covering the men with tents, to shelter them from the cold rains of the winter. As soon as the roads and the season admit of our moving, no one will more rigidly enforce the orders for the light baggage and tentage than I, but it is not policy to regard this army as so in the field as to have no tents. At this season, loss by sickness would be more damage that would pay for all the tents we would need for two years.
W. S. ROSECRANS,
Major-General, Commanding.
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From this, we can see that the weather is cold and rainy as might be expected, and due to the weather and road conditions, the army will not move anytime soon. Rosecrans' concern for the sick seems justified under these conditions.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXIII, Chapter XXXV, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 75-81.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 98.
- Shelby Foote: The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, pp. 166-174.
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