Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Granger's Corps - Sheridan's Division - Wagner's Brigade
As Chattanooga had been secured, General Grant sent several forces to East Tennessee to relieve General Burnside's forces under siege at Knoxville. Three divisions of Sherman's army are sent, as well as Granger's Corps, including Wagner's Brigade with the 40th Indiana. Sherman has command of the whole force.
Burnside is still entrenched at Knoxville and is confident of holding out. Union forces got the better of a battle on the previous Sunday, November 29th, against Longstreet's Confederate army. Granger reports that early on the 3rd he will reach Philadelphia, TN, just south of Loudon, Sherman's divisions are further up, and look to reach the Knoxville area on the 3rd or 4th.
Bragg's Confederate forces have moved south into Georgia, and Union forces are consolidating south of Ringgold. Bragg himself, however, was no longer in command, as he had been relieved on December 1st. General Hardee was placed in command of the Confederate army..
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXI, Chapter XLIII, Part III, Correspondence, pp. 270-314.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 136.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Shelby Foote, pp. 862-869.
- The Shipwreck Of Their Hopes, The Battle Of Chattanooga, Peter Cozzens.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, pp. 442-457.
- Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 396-407.
- Events: 1863
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