Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
There is little activity in the department at this time. Forts Henry and Donaldson are now in the Department of the Cumberland and report to General Rosecrans. The bulk of the army remains in the Murfreesboro area.
In the east, General Hooker has command of the Army of the Potomac, and plans a new campaign against Lee. Small skirmishes are occurring on the front lines in Virginia.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXIII, Chapter XXXV, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 49-52.
- 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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