Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
Again little news from the Army of the Cumberland.
Union attacks on Vicksburg fail with significant casualties. It becomes clear that Vicksburg cannot be taken in an attack, and the Union army will surround Vicksburg and place it under siege.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXIII, Chapter XXXV, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 350-362.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 109.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Shelby Foote, pp. 166-400.
- This Terrible Sound, The Battle of Chickamauga, Peter Cozzens, pp. 1-22.
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