Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Howard's Corps - Newton's Division - Wagner's Brigade
Newton's Second Division is at Cleveland, TN on April 30, and the next day is ordered to advance to Catoosa Springs, GA where they will be near the front line of General Thomas's center Army of the Cumberland. They have only to wait for General Schofield's troops to arrive at Cleveland before moving forward. The first march is made at midnight on the night of May 2nd.
Elsewhere the scramble continues to move all of the armies forward to their positions for the start of the campaign on May 5th. Schofield's left wing is moving up to Cleveland as Howard's corps joins Thomas in the center. The right wing is coming from several areas and moving to consolidate at Rossville, GA, just south of the Tennessee line, by the 5th, before moving forward.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXII, Chapter XLIV, Part III, Correspondence, pp. 532-573.
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXVIII, Chapter L, Part IV, Correspondence, pp. 1-19.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. pp. 151-153.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1II, Red River to Appomattox, Shelby Foote, pp. 318-323.
- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Retreat With Honor, pp. 293-294
- Decision In The West, The Atlanta Campaign of 1864, Albert Castel, pp, 104-123.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, pp. 485-499.
- Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 396-495.
- Events: 1864
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