Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Granger's Corps - Sheridan's Division - Wagner's Brigade
General Schofield advances to Strawberry Plains, TN again and finds that Longstreet is gone; he will continue searching eastward for the Confederate army. Grant sends a dispatch once again mentioning the return of Granger's corps to Chattanooga.
NASHVILLE, February 24, 1864 - 11 a. m.
Maj. Gen, J. M. Schofield, Knoxville, TN
Should you discover by your movement on Strawberry Plains that the enemy has retreated eastward and is abandoning East Tennessee, push him as far as practicable with your whole force, destroying effectually the railroads.
Relieve Granger's troops to return to Chattanooga as soon as you ascertain the enemy is gone and cannot be overtaken by infantry. Sherman's safety in Mississippi depends upon our efforts here. Thomas is moving with apparent success on Dalton.
U. S. Grant,
Major-General
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXII, Chapter XLIV, Part II, Correspondence, pp. 440-458.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. pp. 142-144.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Shelby Foote, pp. 923-924.
- Decision In The West, The Atlanta Campaign of 1864, Albert Castel, pp, 39-47.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, pp. 462-464.
- Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 396-423.
- Events: 1864
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