August 28, 1943 - Saturday - 80 years ago today

Status - John Skinner - USS Daly: 

USS Daly (DD-519) - Pacific Ocean - Aleutian Islands, Alaska

August 25th: At sea all day.  At noon, just southeast of Adak.  Mid 50s, breezy in the morning.

August 26th:  At sea all day.  At noon, further east that the  previous day, southeast of Amlia Island.   Low 50s, breezy in the evening.

August 27th: At sea all day.  At noon,south of Tanaga Island.  Strong breeze in the evening.

August 28th: At sea all day,  At noon, south of Amlia Island. Mid 50s, light breezes.

These appear to be routine patrols around the area between Adak, Attu, and Kiska.

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The invasion of Italy has not begun but is in preparation.  Action continues in other areas as noted previously. 

More Information:

• Official Navy Chronology, pp. 377-379. 
• Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 22-88.
• Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 233-239.  
• Events of August, 1943 
  
• Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, August, 1943
   

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August 28, 1863 - Friday - 160 years ago today

Status - John Baer - 40th Indiana Regiment - Crittenden's Corps - Wood's Division - Wagner's Brigade

Wilder and Wagner had kept their troops in position and continue shelling the town, and dispatches between Union commanders confirmed that Bragg's attention was to the north for now, allowing Rosecrans a chance to move the bulk of the army around the Confederate left.  Rosecrans had most of his three corps at the Tennessee River and busy construction means to cross.  Bragg was also getting reinforcements from several areas of the Confederacy, as with recent setbacks at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, it was thought too dangerous to risk another loss at Chattanooga.

The grapevine was busy with news that Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor had been captured, but these reports were premature, despite heavy shelling from Union batteries.  Burnside, meanwhile, had begun and was continuing an advance on Knoxville, currently defended by Confederate general Simon Bolivar Buckner and his troops.

More Information:

• Link: War Operations, see Volume XXX, Chapter XLII, Part III, Correspondence, pp. 159-210.
  
• The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. pp. 124-125.
• The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol 1I, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Shelby Foote, pp. 663-688. 
• This Terrible Sound, The Battle of Chickamauga,  Peter Cozzens, pp. 1-39.
• The Chickamauga Campaign, Vol 1: A Mad Irregular Battle, David A. Powell, pp. 1-74.
  
• Events: 1863 - July to September 

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