October 18, 1864: Navy Keeping A Watch on Hood's Advance on Tennessee-- Part 1

OCTOBER 18TH, 1864:  Major General Thomas, commanding Union forces in Tennessee, wired Major General Sherman concerning his plans for opposing General Hood's thrust into Tennessee:  "I have arranged with Lieutenant [Commander] Greer, commanding the gunboat fleet on the lower Tennessee, to patrol the river as far up as Eastport [Mississippi].

"Lieutenant Glassford, commanding between Bridgeport and Decatur [Alabama] patrols that portion of the river daily, and cooperates with me cordially."

--Old B-R'er