Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
The army under General Rosecrans is mostly remaining in place as poor weather continues. It is reported to have rained for 15 consecutive days. Crittenden's troops can only move slowly, advancing 20 miles in 4 days.
Confederate cavalry under Morgan crossed the Ohio and entered into southern Indiana. This is the most famous of Morgan's numerous raids, and on crossing he spent four days in Indiana, and captured most of a hastily assembled militia force at the Battle of Corydon. By the night of the 11th, Morgan was near the small town of Dupont, IN.
Action in Mississippi as a Union army under General Sherman moved to confront a Confederate army under General Joseph Johnston that is at Jackson, MS. Sherman and Johnston would later lead the opposing armies in the Atlanta Campaign.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXIII, Chapter XXXV, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 521-530.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. pp. 120-121.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Shelby Foote, pp. 401-675.
- This Terrible Sound, The Battle of Chickamauga, Peter Cozzens, pp. 1-22.
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