Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Granger's Corps - Sheridan's Division - Wagner's Brigade
General Grant, on arrival in Chattanooga, inspected the army's troops and positions. The effects on the troops of being on half-rations for several weeks were noticeable. In the last days of General Rosecrans' command, a plan had been developed to create a more reliable supply line into the city.
Grant adopted this plan and ordered it to be carried out. By the 27th it was successful, and opened a path by which all the needed supplies could enter the city from the west. The supply line became known as the Cracker Line. Though long, it avoided the Confederate presence on Lookout Mountain and became a stable source of supply for the army.
Grant has also become concerned that the Confederate army could move back into Tennessee toward Nashville, forcing the Union army to follow. He sends a message to Sherman to bring his army quickly across Tennessee, so that he might block any Confederate advance toward Nashville.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXI, Chapter XLIII, Part I, Correspondence, pp. 712-766.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 131.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Shelby Foote, pp. 710-785.
- The Chickamauga Campaign, Vol 3: Barren Victory, David A. Powell.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, pp. 413-418.
- Events: 1863
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