Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Granger's Corps - Sheridan's Division - Wagner's Brigade
Longstreet's Confederates had moved into East Tennessee, to attack General Burnside and open the railroad from Virginia to Tennessee and Georgia so that supplies and troops could be sent to Bragg's army from Virginia. Seeing this, General Grant ordered the army in Chattanooga to attack the Confederate right in the city, in order to pull back the Confederate divisions moving into East Tennessee. The army, however, is still not up to combat, having only recently returned to full rations, and the animals are still weak from having no forage.
Grant can only encourage Sherman to bring his army as soon as possible. On arrival, Sherman's men would be given the orders to attack the Confederate right on Missionary Ridge.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXI, Chapter XLIII, Part III, Correspondence, pp. 48-92.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 132.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Shelby Foote, pp. 834-837.
- The Shipwreck Of Their Hopes, The Battle Of Chattanooga, Peter Cozzens, pp. 1-110.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, pp. 418-425.
- Events: 1863
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