Claim: In one of the well-known battles and maneuvers of the American Civil War known as the Knoxville Campaign, Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside swung around 40 miles to the south of the Confederate position, over rugged mountain roads toward Knoxville, instead of flanking the division commanded by Col. John F. DeCourcy who was positioned at the Cumberland Gap.
Evidence: Instead, Burnside chose to flank them.