Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
On the 9th, two Confederate soldiers are convicted as spies and hanged for entering the Union camp with false identities to obtain information on Union forces.
Union forces fight a small battle with Confederate cavalry under Forrest near Triune, TN.
In the east, Lee continues his movement toward Maryland and Pennsylvania. Lee's intent to invade is now clear; northern states call up their militias. The Union army remains between Lee's army and the capital at Washington. Small actions break out between the two armies.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXIII, Chapter XXXV, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 417-428.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 111.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Shelby Foote, pp. 401-421.
- This Terrible Sound, The Battle of Chickamauga, Peter Cozzens, pp. 1-22.
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