Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Stanley's Corps - Wagner's Division - Lane's Brigade
The Union army in Tennessee is mostly not moving due in part to bad roads resulting from recent rains, although the cavalry continues to look for where Hood's army is going. Hood has reunited with his cavalry under Forrest, and is continuing to get all his troops across the Tennessee River, after which he intends to move toward Nashville.
Fighting erupts again in East Tennessee, as Confederate forces under Breckenridge move toward Knoxville. This turns out to be more of a raid than a full attack, and Union troops are able to repel it.
Atlanta was burned on the night of the 15th, and Sherman started for the sea the next day.
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John Baer Diary Entries - text in white, comments in blue. - November 15th to 18th.
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No diary entries until the 20th.
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More Information:
- Link: War Operations, see Volume XLV, Chapter LVII, Part I, Correspondence, pp.894-943
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 185.
- The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1II, Red River to Appomattox, Shelby Foote, p. 626-644.
- Shrouds of Glory: From Atlanta to Nashville, Winston Groom, pp 111-121.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, p. 642-645.
- Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, pp. 654-660.
- Events: 1864
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