Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
Again there is little movement but also there are some plans being developed for an attack up the Tennessee River to Eastport and Florence, AL to clear that section of rebel forces.
As the army at Nashville is supplied by boats coming up the Cumberland from Paducah, KY, there is also a focus on clearing out rebel forces that are attacking the boats at several points along the river.
Still in command of the 21st Corps, General Wood sends a long missive regarding a plan to cut Confederate army communications in their rear, in southeast Tennessee.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXIII, Chapter XXXV, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 204-218.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 101.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Shelby Foote, pp. 166-175.
- This Terrible Sound, The Battle of Chickamauga, Peter Cozzens, pp. 1-22.
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