Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Granger's Corps - Sheridan's Division - Wagner's Brigade
Weather at this time is very cold and icy. Troops on both sides who lack for adequate clothing, especially shoes, suffer badly from the harsh conditions. The cold at this time has penetrated deep into the south, and Confederate armies are as subject to the cold as those of the Union are.
By January 3rd. Sherman has reached Cairo, IL, and begins to move down the Mississippi River, dodging ice in the river as he goes. He continues to plan the invasion of Mississippi to destroy railroads and industry.
General Grant arrives on December 31st at Knoxville. Grant meets with General Granger at Strawberry Plains on the 3rd.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXI, Chapter XLIII, Part III, Correspondence, pp. 542-.571.
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXII, Chapter XLIV, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 1-21.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. pp. 137-140.
- 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, 1-32.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, pp. 442-462.
- Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 396-417.
- Events: 1863
- Events: 1864
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