Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Granger's Corps - Sheridan's Division - Wagner's Brigade
On the 20th, General Granger is ordered to move his corps through Knoxville toward Sevierville, TN. The army is retreating from Strawberry Plains to Knoxville, then plans to move southeast from Knoxville once the situation becomes clearer. There is more food and forage in that area.
On the 22nd, General Foster writes that he has diverted Granger's corps to the west of the city, to protect cities there and also the railroad. He is ordered to remain there on the 23rd, and go into winter quarters.
Sherman has returned to Memphis and continues to organize his Mississippi expedition, and reports that he expects to be ready for the advance from Vicksburg by the 25th.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXII, Chapter XLIV, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 149-192.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 140.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Shelby Foote, pp. 862-923.
- Decision In The West, The Atlanta Campaign of 1864, Albert Castel, pp, 1-38.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, pp. 442-462.
- Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 396-418.
- Events: 1864
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