Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Granger's Corps - Sheridan's Division - Wagner's Brigade
Sherman's troops were approaching Knoxville, and upon learning this, General Longstreet had raised the siege and moved east of the city; this allows an option to move back into Virginia, as well as back to the Chattanooga area. Burnside's army leaves Knoxville and pursues the Confederates for 20 miles or so, but goes no further, assuming Longstreet will continue into Virginia - Longstreet did not go east, but remained in Tennessee for now.
Granger's division (including the 40th Indiana) was ordered to reach Little River on the 5th, and proceed to Knoxville to fortify the defenses in case of any Confederate attack. Sherman would soon move his troops back toward Chattanooga, but Granger's division would remain at Knoxville for the time being.
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXI, Chapter XLIII, Part III, Correspondence, pp. 314-349.
- 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.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, pp. 442-458.
- Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 396-410.
- Events: 1863
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