The New York herald., 1863-12-21
BURNSlDE'S ARMY.
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the Retreat and Plxrsuit OF
LOngstreet.
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TIE HEROES OF THE SIEGE
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GEN. SIERnASs rogCEs At KNOXVILLE. |
GEN. SIERHlrs rORCRs At HsMvIELE.
Splendid oeneralship Of Grants
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Mr. James c. Fitzpatrtck's Dcsps' tchss.
KNOXVILLE, Dec. 3 Noon. |
RAISED
After an investment Of egp teen avs u enerv s,ve
siege of Knoxville and arc nov in full retreat
unusual silence along their xirm sh line .s morn.
s created the suspicion that theyi had at eph gone
aud nnossance made by capt n tyson 81 General
Ferrero stan, discovered the kstenantss
ssaasers were caught asee in their little Of cedar
eouehs and were much .urpr rsed awakening nnd
themselves IN the hands Uni on soldiers viewed
'ne airoacn o our III on W th perfect indifference, and
Surrendered hemseiv' w thout the least resistance,
nsnnesng by 'ner sordS and caudao. the disiu
eiination to Join the' ret eating comrades.
from ihelr sta" menf We learn that the main body
moved on ABOUT Ih % clock took the road
tcwafus virginia The guarc, which was kept at Its
poet and the p" kes pits withdrawn at
t~o n NJ iov pre- vent ps.nc among tho Inter,
which m'sht 'Hsus upon discovery tha. shey
OF behind oV the ain body and thereby an un
tmc'y rcsirexncntr ON the 'front.' thew were informed
SAi The army wlo i'd about ree.quarters
fA'e cast o. lc city, 1Ad there they would hnd Is
drawn up IN lins Of battle
u" aoywsf'Ts rus Ews1Ey
The nose al ght are the passage OF and caval
ry during the ist few days, which occasioned such
Loogstree c. anonced moving whun he was pressed
~ shermah London< Kingston, and sending his
Gans "nd an Merry on' in advance With escorts OF caval
ry ~h.e a" waited ith the MAN body infantry to
retreat at tho Las. ueut
Tine FrRsUir--lc SGsTREE1's r.nURE CONSIDERED.
no" lar ne wais su eceed in escaping with impunity
whether IN act will escape at all, remains to be
seen Gen Shack lfotd is sready in bot pursuit with
his cavalry.
Even longsr ect is fortunate enough get TO vr.
Fina, the failure Of his attempt viii be without
Hs elect IN demo aiziug his Wanted corps Of soldiers
With far supe rior force numerically, he invested
shy ana py igorous efforts concentrated his lines
within few hundred yards OF works. The
march from enoir checked by fight at Campbens
Station, in hch he lost nearly a thousand
0shns of u FIRST few days the siege, when out
poets strsn ousy fought him inch by delay his
approach. whiie our works cou.d be constructed,
strenethe1 d and finished no also lost heavily; and
anafy wf en- he made the desperate OF Sunday,
EovemeeI 90 on Pert Sanders with three brgsdes.
POSED 81 .hc veteran and picked regiments Of hts
.sand ht AGAIN sacrificed nearly thousand men, From
she nnT Of crossing the Tennessee river, Friday
Ee 20 18th nit rnt the day. he has lost not
far frog 1000 mon, while loss has been 10 tho
Ssnse eriod los than hundred.
wexp FOR TIE HEROES or THE sReE
rors,s OF tho~rorks to which the enemy directed
eviss aeh IN particular The Twenty third corpe under
SsoSs raj Manaop with tsmounted infantry and cvary
s.sa in most gallan. manner over the river. and
HS'ented the enemys approach from that side, while
oseer portions OF the did effective skrmishpg
SfeSy on our right. General FcrrerO hero
IN lcnnessee held the post danger division
.ae was ever on duty, watching with eagerness every
sheltered position headquarters 70 oin his men in tho
sie phs or at the guns OF the fort Gen Harran,
division in the face OF the e'emys sharpshooters
R.rt VIEW OF THs SIEGE AND loSGs1RKErs
The following letter was among those catured at Lou
don where whole mail from Longs.ree,s army fell into
the hands Of General shermans forces. It viii be
chat the rebel estimate Of the tho
Sanders on The Goth u exceeds the figure at which
placed II. The writer, the authority OF adutart
lI.n in
same lot make II ne bir thousand throe hundred
The concluding part Of the letter is interesting exnib
Hing tho rrospects hopes OF Longtrect's campaign
~hch have been so thoroughly defeated by his failure
cArr III ,Rp BaITsLlos GtonciA sHARr,noo5Ens " 'Sl
noJ Sr ksSa5 sa T. Tsnn NSy sS be-
comes duty write You again ihe
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wde ss S,as
SSt v Which s%s
s The that % ,y unable to ssS 'Gc
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sAs ditch Shere men had collected numbers OF our
s:
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ss"ns We're aGTsn's front Of hs WSrss
seSss R s az e Sgn en anc We e 4P 1 Ri Go 9e So
. no1s T M fS ~ " a the oyet US We
the Mid in 'he greaie was Lieu enant Colonel Thomas
manding the bradc-the former was pierced by fifteen
broken and only rtnaned receive dresifa fate
He carried my old company into service from Lawrencevc
TUESDAY, MORNING Dec. /, 1888
Add nal relnforcements arrived last night from Rrsol
numbering ten Thousand II tbs he and
70, W. can oampccly surround the enemy and
and hpht surrender tionally
can't pet here from We
isolated IA this reject. understand this morning from
hc Assistant Ad lutant General
ties will cover whole sustained n
four hnndr capture and he balance wounded IL Is
thought that the assault viii ie attempted
DAYS but ~ another pla While attack
ieft the 2lth also opposite
OF the with better about
fwo miles We have them In ~ @ Insure
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be led to The works II The corps has
met With rcyusr and all feel chafed, and are
spelling 10 We nd victorious N this
sAmraiGn The winter IL and nothing yet
rshed except small por, OF this state. hope by
eprins we will have the satisfaction OF
soc n free from the tread OF federal the
q be invited back thcl We know
Stncr quarerssuch for Brapgs
We winter In the woods TIC plain In front n our
oeunty quarers general and his do
yoaad band. ready with uped hated
NC More anon. Ny ove TO al. Yours onaiely.
JOHN r. MARTIN