Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Howard's Corps - Newton's Division - Wagner's Brigade
During these four days, the Union army advances slowly and finds the Confederates dug in around Big Shanty (the modern-day town of Kennesaw, GA). Lines are established and both armies entrench. Sherman believes that Johnston and his Confederate army will fall back again, as his current lines are too long (around 10 miles north to south) for the number of troops that he has.
The railroad has been repaired all the way up to the Union lines and supplies are being delivered. The rains continue and the armies wait in their trenches; neither army moves to attack here.
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Virginia Campaign
Grant gives orders to begin the army's next move. The army, being unable to reach Richmond directly through the Confederate army, will now move south of the James River and strike at the railroad that supplies the Confederate capital. The main railroad comes from the south through Petersburg, VA to Richmond. Lee, of course, will have to keep the road open.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXVIII, Chapter L, Part IV, Correspondence, pp. 432-461.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 165.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1II, Red River to Appomattox, Shelby Foote, pp. 351-353.
- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Retreat With Honor, pp. 307-309.
- Decision In The West, The Atlanta Campaign of 1864, Albert Castel, pp, 259-264.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, pp. 592-595.
- Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 519-520.
- Events: 1864
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