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The Daily Dispatch: November 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Chattanooga. (search)
ters were five of six miles beyond London, and that his forces were distributed along the river bank to Knoxville. They say their supplies are hauled one hundred and fifty miles to Knoxville, and distributed to the army, and that they are inadequate, at times not exceeding one-fourth the usual, tions. The condition of the prisoners furnished ample evidence of the truthfulness of their report. Rumors prevailed at London that Burnside was retiring towards Cumberland Gap and other passes, in the mountains. If these rumors were without foundation it is not improbable that you will receive stirring news from that quarter in a short time. Our movements have been delayed by the destruction of the railway bridges at Charleston and London by Gen. Buckner when he withdrew from East Tennessee. It seems impossible for a Confederate officer to comprehend the idea that when he burns a railway bridge within our lines he only injures his own friends. The weather continues good. Sallust.