New-York daily tribune., 1863-09-14
THE REBELS TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
THE CAPTURES AT KNOXVILLE.
How the Army was Received by the People
THE CAPTURES At CUMBERLAND GAP.
Special Dispatch to The N. Y. Tribune.

quarters on the morning oI inc l"th ii' i"i'"' '
following complete and Trustworthy account Of tie re-
workable operations OF our forces in East Tennessee;
/ Gen Burnside left Camp Nelson on the Kentucky
river on the 10TH His command to march in three
columns one via London. under himself; the second.
consisting Of the 23d Army Corps, under MnjorGen'ra
U,sutI via Somcrsci and the other under Cen Julius
Wli,e via jamestown. Gen. Burnside. marching via
D.nyile and stanford. reached Crab Orchard on the
aO,h On the e2d he marched 10 Mount Vernon ~
miles and on the following day TO Loudon - mics.
On the 9ith he made Williamsburg 20 miles further
south On the 10Th he was Joined by Gen lartani'
with tie I'D CORPS At Cheiyood p miles from Williams
burg
The enemy being reported he directed cavalry
regiment TO rccounoitcr toward JhokboTo. II met a
superior Rebel force and routed H. capturing - prison
or. From Che,wood the march Was continued across
New River up the Cumberland mountains To Mont
gomcry situated ~ miles distant on the summit 81 ihe
range where the column arrived on the 3oih Here II
va, met by Gen. white, con rnand. Col Burt having
been sen, forward With a cavalry brigade reported that
Gen. Pcgram witt 200 cavalry. he'd very sirong
to.ition nt Tie Gap near Emory Iron Works, leading
into Cnch River valley. Additional troops we're sent
forward With the expectation Of battle on the morning
of the 1ls but with daylight il was discovered that TIE
enemy lad Ged.
viii the possession q iis gap the road to Knoxville
va, open Having reached Emory River u miles rom
Monigomcry Gen Burnside ordered Col. iosior' with
mounted brigade 20 make forced march over direct
road TO Knoxville While De- advanced With The main
force 20 Kingston ~ Hcs further. Bong anxious 70
.a,c tho mo.i extensive aad important bridge over The
\ Tenrc.r,c Il Ioador. ~ miles from Kingston Gen.
Tarrs.ic directed Gen. slackciford with his cavalry
brir,ae 70 push on 20 q, A. rupd!y possible. UIon
I...f. sIsr., ,r.s
VA. derioycd a. ,lrmishcr- ard quickly drove the
,remy bc,,-l their Tlfe piu covering tie approaches
g. tie bridge, They rc,rcaicd hastily aoros. It. closing
o ,aic b,lind iLom. Tho cai.fc structure being Pre-
pared uiih turpeltnc ard shaving. for Immediate de
,iruciion il wrsppoi ln flames la iew seconds.
Gen sAnctefrd hrdirs It impossible 70 save IT, moved
Of iou ard RnorYie aieT driving he enemy from The
opposite bank with slo.is ald muffc,ry
Col Poster reached Knoxville the Let. and Gen.
Baru,dc .cn Kingston the 2d and entered Knoxville
on the ~ Both received perfect oyatious upon their
entrance. 1lo town Sas decorated with aags hidden
4 more than two years and cheering pcoP!o lined tie
streets. A large meeting ~ held on subsefuen,
day and addressed by Gen. Burnside and several lead
lry c.'ssn. Tho latter congratulated themselves In
,c rost cuihrsa.ic terms u,n their dclycrancc nom
H,hel oiIfcfson.
On the day amer col Posters arrival proCcsslon II
women whose husiaid. ard relatives we're mostly ~
tlc ua.on .sg,lce came In from tie country. II vas
nearly nile long All along the route of our troop-
Sane unm,iasahe evidence % all bot universal 10y
a!'y on ihc part II the population became manifest
ioun. men seemed 60 bo mostly ahseut bui oil onos
ard by the hundreds received our troops with
na.s and reffcslmoui. 90 the roads.
great Number of tia, had lived In hiding places
hr months oano forth aud lo.acd their DELIVERIES
Very valuable machine shoi. aud founderes belonging
20 Tho Rebel Government. wclc found Ia KnoN'.lc.
Aho two million, rounds of ,alt. large quantity of
wheat uhe ruis II tie tiLc tan and many thousand
bas, Three locomoilyc,. and number Of cars. we're
hkcuisc captured Gercia BurnsGc took tor his head
quarters The residence Of fugitive Rebel leader.
Before having Kentucky Gen. burnside ordered Col
De Coufcy with a brigade II infantry. 10 march upon
Cumberland Gap ty The direct route through London
AID Barhour.,c. Learning tie iih. that the Rebel
hrcc defending the Gap strong. aud likely 70 oder
resistance he dispatched Gen. SAackcliord. with his
brigade on the 5ih. nom knotne with Instructions
,o ,e1e a avenues u escape the south lie followed
himself with another body o infantry aud cavalry, on
tie aih and arr, ed within four miles oi the Gap the
wh after a forced march u "a miles. De conrcy
aud shackclford had both made demands
ior surrender which Gen. Frazier declined Upon bis
arrival Cen burnside renewed H. when the Rebel com
nandor offered to surrender upon condition that his of
Gers and men were paroed An unconditional surrender
being insisted upon BE- yielded His force consisted =
the "a North Carolina lei, Virginia, lst Georgia Reel
mcnts and several companies Of artillery The Georgia
regiment Ras cgl siudrod strong and was once before
captured by General Burnside nj Roanoke Island
Tho prisoners nov ON their way North. Ia
explanation Of the extraordinary isolation Gen. Frazier
Was lc n Rebel officers INSERTED that Gen. Bragg had
pcremptorily ordered him 10 remain On the night of
the 7h two companies Of our troops stole their way
through the Rebel pickcis. and burned mill that
Lad supplied the Rebels with meal in the very
sight of the cncmys camp. This neat perform
anoc helped much 10 hasten tho Surrender
Gen. Burnside was 10 return To Knoxville the 10Th
where ho will remain until t4e decision the War DO.
pnrimcnt In regard To his resignation s made.
Our troops have made excursions 10 MorI.sown 20 |
miles east ossK noxyilc few small bodies of Rebels
r, s IN the STATE. the Virginia line. but they
ill soon be- driven out. The Satpcter Works which
the Rebel Government worked with several hundred
men are within our lines. Ready communication is
lad with Gen. Kosccrans
Ear auickpcss of movement and complete success
without bloodshed Gen. BuInsidos operations the
most noteworthy Of The war. All Of his troops marched
over go and large portion Of them 800 miles aud
they averaged 20 miles day. although they moved
he most difficult roads crossing several high ranges Of
mountains and numerous deep streams Tho infantry
marched admirably. without the least struggling Cen
Burnside's plans well conceived and the move.
mens II his different columns well masked and exc
cnted that Buckner was not aware of his approach un
III "a hours before Knoxville occupied lie had
not tlmo to transfer MI Of his force by rail to Chatta
nooga but had 10 send portion of it east. His com
msnd cannot have been large
Be.weeu tho Cumberland River AID tAo mountains