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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 4: campaign of the Army of the Cumberland from Murfreesboro'to Chattanooga. (search)
onfederate force, then holding the country between Knoxville and Chattanooga. The latter was to be the rallyin, destroyed the road a great portion of the way tb Knoxville, passed round that city, and struck it again at St Tennessee; and a third, under Colonel Foster, for Knoxville, on the Holston River. Bird and Foster reached throops, in East Tennessee, with his Headquarters at Knoxville, when Rosecrans moved upon Bragg, and Burnside begnce at Chattanooga. Buckner accordingly fled from Knoxville on the approach of Burnside, and it was his rear-gined Shackelford, with cavalry and artillery, from Knoxville, and Frazer surrendered. Sept. 9, 1863. In the meand Mountains, from Cleveland to Bristol, of which Knoxville may be considered the metropolis, seemed to be per ovations offered to Burnside and his followers at Knoxville and elsewhere. It is difficult to conceive the l copy of a photograph presented to the author, at Knoxville, in which is delineated a group of the returned re
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 5: the Chattanooga campaign.--movements of Sherman's and Burnside's forces. (search)
the East Tennessee Valley, 156. he invests Knoxville, 157. Sherman's troops move eastward from tis view he had bidden Burnside to hold on to Knoxville with a firm grasp, as long as possible, untiand Kingston roads, about sixteen miles from Knoxville, and there the whole force was rapidly conceho was in immediate command at Knoxville. Knoxville is on the northern bank of the Holston Riverng nearly parallel with the road that enters Knoxville from below, on which, at the time we are con was an unfinished work, afterward known as Fort Sanders, so named in honor of General Sanders, who every hill-top of the vast semicircle around Knoxville, from Temperance Hill to College Hill, is fr house. He was taken to the Lamar House, in Knoxville, and died the next day (Nov. 19), in the bri midnight, in the Presbyterian churchyard at Knoxville, after the celebration of the impressive funforce as to compel him to raise the siege of Knoxville. He sent Colonel Wilson, of his staff, acco[16 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 6: siege of Knoxville.--operations on the coasts of the Carolinas and Georgia. (search)
e, 171. siege of Knoxville, 172 attack on Fort Sanders, 173. siege of Knoxville raised, 175. rejKnoxville raised, 175. rejoicings of the loyal people, 176. the author's visit to Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, and the battional squadron, 197. We left Burnside in Knoxville, closely besieged by Longstreet. See page heights, south of the river, that commanded Knoxville. Quite a severe struggle ensued, in which tederates planted the battery that commanded Fort Sanders. when information reached Longstreet of Brn be upon his rear, so he determined to take Knoxville by storm before aid could reach Burnside. Hhem surrendered. Then the assault ceased. Fort Sanders was saved, and with it, without doubt, KnoxKnoxville, and possibly Burnside's army. The ground in front of the fort was strewn with the dead annd of all the troops moving to the relief of Knoxville, and to press forward as rapidly as possible Burnside's forces. Thus ended the siege of Knoxville, a day or two before.the beginning of which [20 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 8: Civil affairs in 1863.--military operations between the Mountains and the Mississippi River. (search)
nd nearly all fresh horses, and escaped under cover of an attack on Colliersville, by General Richardson. This attack misled Grierson, who was waiting and watching for Forrest at La Grange; and the wily guerrilla had too much the start when Grierson, properly informed, pressed on in pursuit, to be easily caught. Grierson gave up the chase at Holly Springs, and Forrest found safety farther south. Sherman now reappeared in Mississippi. After the return of his troops to Chattanooga from Knoxville, his command was stationed along the line of the Memphis and Charleston railway, in Northern Alabama, from Scottsboroa to Huntsville. There he remained with them until toward the close of January, when he was ordered to Vicksburg, to command an expedition that was to be impelled eastward from that city to perform such service for the National cause as circumstances might allow. Its first object was to strike Meridian at the intersection of the railway from Vicksburg, in the direction of
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 10: the last invasion of Missouri.--events in East Tennessee.--preparations for the advance of the Army of the Potomac. (search)
journey from Greenville to Richmond, 286. Knoxville threatened by Breckinridge Richmond threatek and New Market, by the National advance at Knoxville, under General S. D. Sturgis, with an estimaom Georgia, and was boldly operating between Knoxville and Chattanooga, his most notable achievemenred to be determined to repossess himself of Knoxville; but his movement was only a mask, behind whr places, between the Tennessee crossing and Knoxville. That region is extremely fertile, and was nch patriot, General E. Kirby Smith, when in Knoxville, stabled a pair of mules in Dr. Brownlow's lef's death. She was then safe from harm, in Knoxville. Coincident with the testimony of the abot Tennessee, eastward as well as westward of Knoxville, is clustered with the most stirring associaon moved into East Tennessee, and threatened Knoxville. Meanwhile General Gillem discovered a Conf fled to the shelter of the intrenchments at Knoxville. Breckinridge pursued him as far as Strawbe[8 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 12: operations against Richmond. (search)
was yet dense), first halted and then withdrew. Meanwhile the front of Smith's column and the right of Gillmore's (the former held by the divisions of Brooks and Weitzel) were fiercely attacked, but a repetition of the performance in front of Fort Sanders, at Knoxville, See page 178. made their repulse an easy task. General Smith had caused the stretching of telegraph wire from stump to stump, a short distance above the ground, ill front of his line, which tripped the assailants when they cKnoxville, See page 178. made their repulse an easy task. General Smith had caused the stretching of telegraph wire from stump to stump, a short distance above the ground, ill front of his line, which tripped the assailants when they charged, in the dense fog, and they were shot or bayoneted before they could rise. They recoiled; and Whiting, failing to obey Beauregard's orders to seize the Union way of retreat on the left, the plans of the Confederate general entirely miscarried. Seeing this, Beauregard renewed his effort to turn Smith's right, and so far succeeded, with a heavier force, as to cause that commander to fall back and form a new line, extending from the Half-Way House, See picture on the next page. on the
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 13: invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania-operations before Petersburg and in the Shenandoah Valley. (search)
mation of the construction of this mine, and had begun a counter-mine in search of it; but they had no positive knowledge concerning its progress or destination. and the way seemed open for the easy capture of the coveted Cemetery Hill beyond the crater, by the assaulting column. But that column moved slowly and feebly, first in clearing away most dangerous obstructions, In front of their works the Confederates had strong abatis, and also tripping wires, such as the Nationals used at Knoxville and elsewhere. Among these were sharp stakes, which might impale those who were thrown down by the wires. and then in halting in the crater, as if seeking shelter from a storm of shot and shell. No such storm occurred until long after the explosion; Lieutenant-Colonel Pleasants, in his report, made on the 2d of August, says:--I stood on the top of our breastworks, and witnessed the effect of the explosion on the enemy. It so completely paralyzed them, that the breadth of the breach,
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 14: Sherman's campaign in Georgia. (search)
on and demanded its surrender. The little garrison there, under Colonel Liebold, held the post firmly until General Steedman came down from Chattanooga and drove Wheeler off. The latter then pushed up into East Tennessee, made a circuit around Knoxville by way of Strawberry Plains, crossed the Clinch River near Clinton, went over the Cumberland Mountains by way of the Sequatchie, and appeared at McMinnville, Murfreesboroa, and Lebanon. Rousseau, Steedman, and Granger, in Tennessee, were on thman, who was a Confederate soldier in the battle there between Howard and Hardee, See page 393. accompanied us to places of interest connected with that struggle, and at about noon we returned to the village and took the cars for Atlanta. We went out to Marietta that night and lodged, and on the following morning we journeyed by railway from that town to Cleveland, in East Tennessee, on our way to Richmond, in Virginia, by way of Knoxville. See page 284. Tail-piece — Tank at Jonesbor
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 15: Sherman's March to the sea.--Thomas's campaign in Middle Tennessee.--events in East Tennessee. (search)
nce, withdrew and retired over the mountains into North Carolina. Saltville, where the works were situated, was thus abandoned to its fate, after being guarded with the greatest care. These important works were now utterly destroyed, while spoils, in the shape of cannon, ammunition, and railway rolling stock, fell into Stoneman's hands. The object of the expedition having been accomplished, General Burbridge returned to Kentucky, and General Stoneman, with Gillem's command, went back to Knoxville. The writer visited Nashville, and the battle-field in its vicinity, at the beginning of May, 1866, after a voyage on the Cumberland to Fort Donelson and back, See page 226, volume II. and he was placed under many obligations to General Thomas, and members of his staff, and especially to Major Willard, for kind attentions, and for facilities for obtaining all necessary topographical and historical information concerning the battle of the 15th and 16th of December, 1864. of which a d
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 18: capture of Fort Fisher, Wilmington, and Goldsboroa.--Sherman's March through the Carolinas.--Stoneman's last raid. (search)
, and thence by water to Headquarters at City Point, where he arrived on the evening of the 27th of March. There he met Generals Grant, Meade, Ord, and other leading army commanders, and President Lincoln. He learned, he said, the general state of the military world, and then returned to New Berne in a navy steamer, and reached Goldsboroa on the night of the 30th. March. After his winter campaign in Southwestern Virginia, already n<*>ed, See page 494. General Stoneman returned to Knoxville, and was ordered Feb. <*> 7 to make a cavalry raid into South Carolina, in aid of Sherman's movements. Before Stoneman was ready to move, Sherman had marched so far and so triumphantly that the aid of the former was not needed, and he was ordered to march eastward and destroy the Virginia and Tennessee railroad, as far toward Lynchburg as possible. He concentrated the cavalry brigades of Colonels Palmer, Miller, and Brown, of Gillem's division, about six thousand strong, at Mossy Creek,
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