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The Daily Dispatch: September 25, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
y hazardous for a Confederate to go alone in Carter county just ten or fifteen miles South of this post, although that portion of the country is within our lines, but inhabited by as notorious Lincolnites as can be found in Lincolndom. The commanding officer of the forces of this department seems alive to the responsibilities of his office, and much depends on his management and skill; for if by any mishap or blunder we should be defeated here the whole of Tennessee and a part of Southwestern Virginia will be indisputable in possession of the hated Yankees. Much, however, depends on the result of the operations of Bragg's forces; for with a victory in that region down goes Lincolndom in all East Tennessee, and our line of communication in this direction will be open to the South. --From all that can be learned the actual Yankee force in our front must be small. The railroad within their lines as far as Knoxville is guarded by tories, a large number of whom act as scouts, pickets