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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1863 , December (search)
Charles Congdon, Tribune Essays: Leading Articles Contributing to the New York Tribune from 1857 to 1863. (ed. Horace Greeley), The great Rogersville Flogging. (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 38 (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 121 (search)
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118.-the retreat of Longstreet.
Bean Station, Tenn., Rutledge road, December 12, 1863.
Ascertaining that the enemy had raised the siege,
See the Siege of Knoxville, Doc. 19, ante. and were on the retreat early on Saturday morning, December fifth, General Shackleford, commanding the cavalry corps, was ordered in pursuit.
He commenced skirmishing with the enemy's rear-guard eight miles from Knoxville, on the Rutledge and Morristown road.
He drove them steadily to Bean Station, forty-two miles from Knoxville, where he found the enemy's cavalry in line of battle.
On Thursday mornings, Colonel Bond's brigade, of Woodford's division, was in the advance.
He charged, and drove the enemy from the place.
The treating army had been foraging right and left along their line of retreat.
He captured about one hundred and fifty prisoners during the pursuit as far as to Bean Station.
Many of the rebels, both infantry and cavalry, purposely fell out and gave themselves up. Th
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Tennessee, 1863 (search)
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Rhode Island Volunteers . (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Twenty-first regiment Massachusetts Infantry . (search)
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina . (search)
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, Index. (search)