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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The defense of Knoxville. (search)
on. The latter movement was intrusted to General Burnside, who occupied Knoxville on the 2d of SeptCumberland Gap. The greater portion of General Burnside's force was now expected to move down the Upon learning of Longstreet's movement, General Burnside took personal command of the troops availeffort was made during the night to ascertain Burnside's movements, but his bold and vigilant rear-gund Lenoir's deserted. The road upon which Burnside was moving, followed by Jenkins, intersects this train, if not of his entire command, that Burnside should reach the junction before McLaws. Jusber, Hartranft's division took the advance of Burnside's column from Lenoir's and pushed forward as vided for. As already stated, the head of Burnside's column appeared at Knoxville at daybreak ong only with the darkness. About 11 P. M. General Burnside sent for me, and upon reporting to him ate from Marysville into Knoxville, and met General Burnside. . . . We examined his lines of fortifica[6 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Longstreet at Knoxville. (search)
out of Chattanooga, but to detach Longstreet and send him up to try to capture Burnside, who was at Knoxville with a force of about 12,000 effective men. On the nighte of the Federal sentries. They all escaped, and probably carried the news to Burnside that we were crossing in force, for early next morning a strong reconnoissances battery of my battalion, we pushed forward vigorously in the effort to bring Burnside to bay and defeat him before he could get back and concentrate behind the fortad pounded us from Mary Scott's Hill. The night of the third day, the 17th, Burnside was safe in Knoxville, and we encamped at Hazen's, a short distance off. The n ground was frozen and very slippery, and, in addition, Colonel O. M. Poe, General Burnside's chief engineer, anticipating an assault, had made a very important variach our entire losses were 198 killed, 850 wounded, 248 missing,--total, 1296. Burnside's losses were 92 killed, 393 wounded, and 207 missing,--total, 692.--E. P. A.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces at Knoxville, Tenn.: November 17th-December 4th, 1863. (search)
he Official Records ) to Brigadier-General Richard C. Drum, Adjutant-General of the Army. K stands for killed; w for wounded; m w for mortally wounded; m for captured or missing; c for captured. The Union army. army of the Ohio--Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside. Ninth Army Corps, Brig.-Gen. Robert B. Potter. Escort: 6th Ind. Cav. (4 co's), Col. James Biddle. Loss: k, 1; w, 1; m, 1==3. First division, Brig.-Gen. Edward Ferrero. First Brigade, Col. David Morrison: 36th Mass., Maj. W. First Brigade, Col. Israel Garrard: 2d Ohio, Lieut.-Col. George A. Purington; 7th Ohio,----; 2d Tenn. (infantry),----. Brigade loss: m, 5. Total Union loss: killed 92, wounded 394, captured or missing, 207==693. In his official report General Burnside says: Our force at this time [commencement of the siege] in Knoxville was about 12,000 effective men, exclusive of the new recruits of loyal Tennesseeans. The Confederate army. Lieut.-Gen. James Longstreet. Staff loss: w, 1. McLaws'
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