Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
Wilder and Wagner had kept their troops in position and continue shelling the town, and dispatches between Union commanders confirmed that Bragg's attention was to the north for now, allowing Rosecrans a chance to move the bulk of the army around the Confederate left. Rosecrans had most of his three corps at the Tennessee River and busy construction means to cross. Bragg was also getting reinforcements from several areas of the Confederacy, as with recent setbacks at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, it was thought too dangerous to risk another loss at Chattanooga.
The grapevine was busy with news that Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor had been captured, but these reports were premature, despite heavy shelling from Union batteries. Burnside, meanwhile, had begun and was continuing an advance on Knoxville, currently defended by Confederate general Simon Bolivar Buckner and his troops.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXX, Chapter XLII, Part III, Correspondence, pp. 159-210.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. pp. 124-125.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Shelby Foote, pp. 663-688.
- This Terrible Sound, The Battle of Chickamauga, Peter Cozzens, pp. 1-39.
- The Chickamauga Campaign, Vol 1: A Mad Irregular Battle, David A. Powell, pp. 1-74.
- Events: 1863 - July to September
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