Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Stanley's Corps - Newton's Division - Wagner's Brigade
Atlanta Campaign
"Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.", Sherman said in his dispatch to Washington. He moved the army into the city and allowed them a few days of rest as he contemplated his next move.
General Hood's Confederates were still together, and south of the city. Though they had lost Atlanta, they could still cause immense problems for Sherman. Hood also began to consider next moves, and begins to move against Sherman's railroad supply lines.
In Tennessee, General John Hunt Morgan, who has achieved fame through his cavalry raids, is surprised and killed. Confederate cavalry under General Forrest, however, wreak havoc on Union supply lines, breaking the railroad and capturing garrisons in several places.
Atlanta
On the 7th, Sherman orders all civilians to be evacuated from Atlanta. He meets protests about the cruelty of expelling the entire population, including the elderly and the sick, just as the fall and winter are beginning. He nevertheless insists on it. Sherman at this time is thinking of Atlanta being a fortress that can be held by a small garrison, so that large numbers of troops are not drawn from the field to guard cities.
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More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXVIII, Chapter L, Part V, Correspondence, pp. 791-829.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. pp. 176-17.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1II, Red River to Appomattox, Shelby Foote, pp. 562-601.
- Decision In The West, The Atlanta Campaign of 1864, Albert Castel, pp, 547-548.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, pp. 625-633.
- Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 583-585.
- Events: 1864
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