Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Howard's Corps - Newton's Division - Wagner's Brigade
Final orders have come from General Grant that all armies are to move forward about May 1st. Sherman is attempting to concentrate his forces in the Chattanooga area; Thomas with the larger center force, will face the main part of the Confederate army at Dalton, GA. A smaller force under General McPherson will move from the west and try to pass the Confederates on the southwest and get behind them. Another smaller force under Schofield will threaten the Confederate right flank.
Howard's corps will be part of the center and will move up from the current location around Cleveland, TN to join Thomas near Dalton.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXII, Chapter XLIV, Part III, Correspondence, pp. 436-487.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. pp. 150-151.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1II, Red River to Appomattox, Shelby Foote, pp. 318-320.
- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Retreat With Honor, pp. 247-292.
- Decision In The West, The Atlanta Campaign of 1864, Albert Castel, pp, 79-103.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, pp. 462-484.
- Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 396-494.
- Events: 1864
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