Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Stanley's Corps - Wagner's Division - Lane's Brigade
General Sherman was following the Confederate army as it headed north through Georgia. Sherman reached Kingston on the 11th-12th, and continued moving units northward to help defend Resaca and Dalton.
Hood sent his forces northward quickly; General Wagner, at Ringgold, heard news of Confederate cavalry in the area and made preparations for defense, and also for retreating back to Chattanooga in the face of a superior force. Hood captured Dalton, GA, and tore up the railroad from Resaca to Tunnel Hill, after which he avoided a major battle by drawing back to the LaFayette, GA area.
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John Baer Diary Entries - text in white, comments in blue - October 10 to October 13.
No diary entries during this time.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXIX, Chapter LI, Part III, Correspondence, pp. 174-266.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 181.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1II, Red River to Appomattox, Shelby Foote, p. 613.
- Shrouds of Glory: From Atlanta to Nashville, Winston Groom, pp 73-.78
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, p. 640.
- Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 628-630.
- Events: 1864
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