The New York herald., 1863-09-14
The Capture Of Knoxville and Cum
bsrland Gap.
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION IN KNOXVILLE
A Procession Of Union Women
a Mile Long.
THE TOWN DECORATED WITH UNION FLAGS.
SPLENDID MARCHING OF OUR TROOPS,
&C., &C., 90.

CNuSssr Sept l3 1863
Surgeon w. H. Church, Medical Director OF the Depart
ment Of tho Ohio arrived here last nigh Vom cumbsr
land Gap having General Burnsdes headquarters on
the morning leth. He furnishes the folo~n com
plete and trustworthy account OF tho remarkable opera
tous OF forces In East Tennessee
General Burnside left Camp Nelson tho Kentucky |
river on the 10th His command 10 march In threo
coums-ono via Loudon, under HIMSELF the second, con-
sistng Of tho Twenty third army under Major Gen
Hartsun via Somerset and the other. under Gen. julius
White via jamestown. Con- Burnside, marching via
Danve and Stanford reached Crab Orchard the 2oth
On tho 22d no marched to Mount Vernon twenty miles,
and the following day TO Loudon, twenty-five miles
on the 24th he made Williamsburg thirty miles further
south On the Goth he joined BY Gen. Hartsun With
tho Twenty third corps at Chcwood, twcnty-eg MsA.
from Williamsburg. ~r-wf ps,sf~
inc cue y cei6S reported 6Saf he ditSc:ed cavalry
remonl 70 reoonnol.re toward Jarkboro Il mot supe
or rebel and routsd h capturing forty nvs prison
ers. From Chetwood the march continued across
New rvcr UP the Cumberland Mountains 70 ngomcry.
situated forty two miles distant, on tho summit OF tho
range, where the column arrived on the 30h Here IL
met by General Whites command Col Burt having
been forward with cavalry brigade, reported that
Gen PegrAm with 900 cavalry held very strong po
sitiou the Gap Emory Iron Works leading Into
Ciinch river valley. Additional troops were sent Tor
the 3lst but with daylight discovered tina, the en-
| emy had ned.
With possession Of this gap, tho road 10 Knoxville
was open Having reached Emory river, seventeen miles
from Montgomery General Burnside ordered Colonel Fos
ter with mounted brigade TO mako forced march over
4 direct rosd Knoxville, while he advanced
| with The mann forco TO Kingston. six miles further
Being anxious " save the most extensive and
important bridge the Tennessee At Loudon,
Hnx xn.l.u
directed General shackeliord. with hin cayary
brigade 10 push on TO Il as rapidly as possible Upon
arriving within three miles Of tho bridge regiment Was
dcployod skirmishers and quickly drove tho enemy
beyond their rife pa covering tho approaches TO tho
bridge. They retreaed hastily across II, closing tho
cato behind them. Tho entire structure being prepared
with tarpcntine and shavngs for immediate dcsuct ton
II wS wrapped In flames In = few seconds. General
shArkenord, finding impossible 70 save H. moved IN
toward Knoxville, after driving tho enemy from tho
| opposite bank with shells and musketry.
Colonel reached Knoxville tho ist, and Gen.
cral Burnside loft Kingston the I'd, and entered knor
| vile the Sd. Both received perfect ovalons upon
| their entrance. The town decorated with nAss
hidden for than years. and cheering people
lined the streets, hrge meeting was held on sub.
ssqueni day, and addressed by General Burnside and
several leading citizens The latter congratulated them
selves enthusiastic terms upon their deliver
i ance from rebel oppression.
On the day after Col Fosters arrival procession OF
women, whose husbands aud relatives mostly In
| the Union service, came Ia from the country. II
nearly mile long All along the route o troops ,hs
same unmsskabn evidence o alu.oat universal ioyaity
on the part Of tho population became manifest Young
seemed to be mostly sbsent but old and
by the hundreds received troops with n,gs AMI
| frcshmcnts the roads
| great number Of men who hAd lived IN hiding place.
| for months forth aud yoinoi their deiyerers
Very valuable machine shops and foundrics belonging
to the rebel soysrament wore found Knoxville. AIso
two mlllonI pounds o salt large quantlty ~ wheat
uhe fruits of the 1.-THE tax), aud many thousand hogs
| three locomotives AID a number u hkesse
captured General Burnside tok for his hoaiqautsrH
| this residence " ,hs tusitve rebol leassr.
Before leaving kentucky Gen Burnside ordered Col
| lie Courcy with brigade of Infantry, upon
Cumberland Gap by the direct route through L0adon
and tarboursvile Jaarsing, the sb that The fc8si
force defendng bs Gap was stfoas And likely - OTef
| Resistance he despatched Gen. hhtcksord. wmh LH
brigade the 6th from Knoxville, wltn nsrgctlaus
q sclzo all ayenaea ~ escape ~ the Jth. Io tuNtd
himself, with another b0iy of iniantry and cAyalry
the 7th ani arrived ~ghn four miles the Gap
glh after forced march of sixty mics lie cosfcy aud
snacseord had both male demands rgffca.tr wuh
| General Francr dec.lAed. rp3a he Hfsal, Gsnetai
r3fnsGe renewed H. when tbs feuo uenanfef gGfftd
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we're par9ies. "a ubclH1itaal auffeaasr belez
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