ENTERING THE OZARKS Update: ENTERING THE OZARKS has begun....
On October 1st 1864, Haggerty’s Provisional Corps of
Department of the Eastern Frontier spent the day at Lebanon and Dupont’s
Federal Corps was at Mt. Olive. There was no time to rest. Both Corps spent the
day and part of the following night preparing defensive
positions. (Those positions have now
become part of the permanent WIA landscape.)
On the morning of October 2nd, units were given
their marching orders. By 5:00 pm,
cavalry from the opposing forces had reached Talbot’s Ferry. They are aware of
enemy cavalry presence, but no engagement took place because the sighting was
made late in the day. Regardless, the first visual contact between Haggerty’s and
Dupont’s corps has been made on the Military Road at Talbot’s Ferry, on the
west side of the White River. Thus begins ENTERING THE OZARKS and the setting of the stage for the subsequent OZARKS CAMPAIGN.
Orders will now be issued for the night of October 2nd
– 3rd, but units will not be able to advance past the enemy or
engage. This means that the Military Road is blocked at Talbot's Ferry. The Confederate cavalry sighted west of Talbot’s
Ferry may not proceed eastward and the Union cavalry there may not proceed
westward. Other units may issued limited night movement orders and proceed as
long until they reach their destination or contact the advance elements of an
enemy force.
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