Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade
Having been ordered forward by General Halleck, Rosecrans still does not move but sends a dispatch regarding the upcoming campaign. He has not decided on the approach, having an option on either side of Chattanooga. The army has also not established crossings of the Tennessee River sufficient to get the army across.
General Lee, discouraged after Gettysburg and in ill health, submits his resignation as commander of the Army of Virginia on the 8th. Jefferson Davis, without a suitable replacement, declines and Lee continues on at the head of the army.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXIII, Chapter XXXV, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 592-601.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. pp. 123-124.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Shelby Foote, pp. 663-685.
- This Terrible Sound, The Battle of Chickamauga, Peter Cozzens, pp. 1-22.
- Events: 1863 - July to September
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