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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)
te himself by saying that he expected an attack from the Kentucky road only, and counted upon his rear being protected. It was a vain excuse, for the very order to evacuate the pass proved that all East Tennessee was going to be abandoned. Buckner himself, knowing the strong and the weak points of the position and the effective force of the garrison, should have maintained that order. When Frazer learned the loss of Knoxville, he might yet have reached Virginia through the valley of Powell's River; but Jones, himself being imprudent, sent word to him to hold his ground and promised prompt assistance. Six hundred troopers sent out to meet Frazer encountered Shackelford, who drove them back in the direction of Abingdon. Instead of the expected help, the Federals appeared on the southern road. When the Confederate general received from Burnside a summons to surrender, he was disconcerted. He had hoped that Buckner would detain in the Tennessee Valley the forces of the enemy. Se