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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—eastern Tennessee. (search)
large part of the population, were carried away by this unanimous welcome. However, to finish his conquest Burnside had to be master of the road which traverses Cumberland Gap and to drive Jones' troops into Virginia. That was his first care. Courcy's brigade, in order to cover Kentucky, had already occupied the outlet of the road on the north-west slope of the mountains. Shackelford went with his cavalry to flank Frazer, so as to completely surround him. On the 7th, Burnside followed him wt destroyed. Thence, by a forced march of forty-three miles in one day and a half, he arrived on the 9th before the enemy's works. Frazer, who had an abundance of munitions, and rations for forty days, had taken no notice of the summons made by Courcy and Shackelford. They had confined themselves to besieging him while waiting for their chief. However, Frazer's situation was beset with difficulties. The pass lies at a point where the great chain of the Cumberland Mountains abruptly becomes