Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Granger's Corps - Sheridan's Division - Wagner's Brigade
On the 11th, General Grant ordered Sherman to return all of his command, except for Granger's two divisions, to Chattanooga. Granger's divisions (with the 40th Indiana) were to remain at Knoxville for now.
General Foster, now commanding in Knoxville, is ordered by Grant to pursue Longstreet's Confederates as far east as possible, and to retain Granger's divisions as long as needed.
On the 12th, Granger sends several missives detailing the reasons he wishes to move from Knoxville back to Chattanooga; his troops left Chattanooga with only scant supplies and were suffering badly as winter came to Knoxville, they had little clothing and few tents. Nevertheless, they would remain in the city.
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXI, Chapter XLIII, Part III, Correspondence, pp. 376-412.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 137.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Shelby Foote, pp. 862-869.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, pp. 442-458.
- Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 396-410.
- Events: 1863
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