Union - Military
Mississippi
General Sherman's expedition down the Mississippi from Memphis (Tennessee) lands on the Wazoo near Steele's Bayou. He and his troops advance toward the line of bluffs known as Walnut Hills and Haynes' Bluff, protecting Vicksburg from the north.
Tennessee
Union forces under Rosecrans move out from Nashville toward Bragg's army at Murfreesboro. There are resulting skirmishes at La Vergne, Franklin, Nolensville and Knob Gap.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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