Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Stanley's Corps - Wagner's Division - Lane's Brigade
In Georgia, the Union forces continue to search for the bulk of Hood's Confederate army. Hood had first gone to the area around Dallas, GA and then had decided to move north. By the 9th, Sherman is still unaware of the location of Hood's army, and has all his forces on the lookout for where it is going.
In Tennessee, General Thomas is at Nashville, and commanding several small forces in pursuit of Forrest's Confederate Cavalry, who have done much damage in Tennessee. Forrest eventually escapes with most of his men over the Tennessee River to the south, and contact is lost by the Union forces.
The 40th Indiana remains near Chattanooga, but does not seem to be very active at this time, perhaps indicated by the lack of diary entries below. The other main focus of the Union armies is the restoration of the railroad from Chattanooga to Atlanta. as flooding has washed out several of the main bridges on the route.
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John Baer Diary Entries - text in white, comments in blue - October 1st to October 5.
No diary entries during this time.
More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XXXIX, Chapter LI, Part III, Correspondence, pp. 104-174.
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. pp. 180-181.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1II, Red River to Appomattox, Shelby Foote, pp. 612-613.
- Shrouds of Glory: From Atlanta to Nashville, Winston Groom, pp 70-73.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, pp. 638-640.
- Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 625-628.
- Events: 1864
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