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John S. Williams (search for this): chapter 10.70
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Cumberland Mountains (United States) (search for this): chapter 10.70
Operations in east Tennessee and south-west Virginia. by the Rev. Edward O. Guerrant, Assistant Adjutant-General to General Humphrey Marshall, C. S. A.
Between the two great Confederate armies in Virginia and Tennessee lay a long stretch of country, principally covered by the Alleghany and Cumberland mountains.
The only means of direct communication and transportation between these armies was the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad.
Near this road were the great King's salt-works, in Smyth County, and the lead mines of Wythe County, Virginia, and along this route lay many very fertile valleys and rich uplands, which furnished the Confederate armies a large part of their provisions.
For these and other reasons the defense of this line was a matter of the first importance to the Confederate Government, and its control of equal importance to the Federal armies.
As the mountainous nature of the country rendered its occupation by a large army impracticable, numerous in
Chattanooga (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.70
Danville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.70
Salem (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.70
Greensboro (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.70
Lynchburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.70
West Virginia (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.70
Operations in east Tennessee and south-west Virginia. by the Rev. Edward O. Guerrant, Assistant Adjutant-General to General Humphrey Marshall, C. S. A.
Between tillery, numbering several thousand, was led up the Kanawha and New rivers, West Virginia, by General J. D. Cox.
This column was met at Princeton, in Mercer County, ntucky Cavalry, with a handful of troops, occupied the Department of South-western Virginia.
On the 7th of September about five hundred of Burnside's infantry advanc ailroad, Lynchburg, Va., to Knoxville, Tenn. from the Department of South-western Virginia to secure forage and cover other military movements.
Colonel Clay first a Stoneman, with a force of cavalry estimated at four thousand, entered south-west Virginia through east Tennessee, and proceeded to take possession of the country.
T ommand crossed the Blue Ridge to Wilkesboro‘, and then turned toward south-western Virginia, destroying the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad from Wytheville nearly to