, 1863-09-16

10th Of August, for East Tennessee. He left
Crab Orchard on the 2fth, having completed
his preparations, bis columns having been in
Vernon, twenty miles distant, on tho same
day. He left Mount Vernon on the Esd. and
reached 1ou1on, twenty-five miles dfstant.
On the 9th he reached Williamsburg, thirty
miles from London. On the o5th he reached
eo<1h-west of Williamsburg, where he came
up p i!h Msjor. General Harisutf, command
ing ,he 23d army corps. Major Emory here
made a cavalry reconnaissance toward Jacks
bore, encouhted two regiments OF rebel cav
airy ard routed them taking forty. five prison.
err. General Burnside, with the main body
Of his army, left Chitwood On the Ssh, and
county, Tennessee, fo1ty-tWo miles from
Chitwood, On the 30th. Here another column
Of infantry, under General Julius White,
ca.re In, having marched from Central Ken
tucky by Nay Of Albany, Monticello and
Jamestown. Colonel Burt, commanding the
caTalry adyar ce, cent word tha. the rebel
General Pcgram was holding. the gap in the
two thousand men. The position Was very
strong one, and the gap WAS the gate to the
Clincn River valley. A battle was expected.
ns there Was not better plAce In the country
to check our forces. But on the morning Of
the 31st, it was discovered TINT the enemy
LEU utu Ill lHE ufR4ts At GMtl4 AlfcIa uluc
miles east Ct Montgomery, General Burnside
ordered Colonel Foster to march directly on
Knoxville, where he arrived and took the
town, without opposition, on the lst of,Sep-
tember. General Burnside proceeded 10
Kingston, Where his scouts encountered the
cavalry pickles Of Gen. Rosecrans, aud COM
municated With splendid body ef cavalry Of
Of the Army Of the Cumberland, under Col.
Minty. BurDside's object In moving to Kings.
ton was TO make push for the great Loudon
Bridge, over the Holston River. This was
twenty miles from Kingston. Gen. Shackel-
ford was sent to London. On his approach
the rebels retreated across the bridge, which
they had barricaded, and fired it. Turpentine
had been poured on the planks, aud it was
coon mars Of flames. Our troops fired across
the 1iYcr with artillery and musket1y, and the
people in tic neighhorhood said several rebels
we're killed aLd wounded. Gen. Burnside
left Kilgston On the I'd and entered Knoxville
Oh the Sd. The reception Of our troops ut
this place WAS most gratifying. Gen. Buckner
with hts rear guard hau Left the day before
Col. Fosters urriyal, for Chattanooga, There
Is rtason to believe Ro:ecraus hud IN front Of
him, Ut Chattanooga, the whole force of Buck
ner, Bragg and Johnston. The people about
kIoxyillc cay the flight Of the rebzls, when
Bu1nslde's approach was announced, was,
something wonderful. Their. papic was i'm
nense. They bud among them q report that
Burnside had an army Il frcm efxIyito one
hundred and twenty thousand men, md were
If the opinion that their Eaftty depended upon
their speed They LETT behlnd considerable
quantity Of fqua1ter1naster's stores, in pretty
thops which they did not disnant1e. Two
million 1ations Of sa1t were among tho spoi1s.
The secesh had story that Longstreer was
coming frcm Virginia with e, 900 men, but 1t
Was one Of their vain imagtnings 4 meeting
Of The Union citizens OF Knoxville mas held,
4 n4A eaoHb bt,f Fan, Rr,v1
Cater. It was attended By about 500 men,
and large number Of women and children.
The demonstrations we're not boieterons, bnt
there as Intense quiet rejoicing. Men who
had been hidden for months, came In, full Of
gratitude Tor thelr delivery.
Intelligence was received that the rebels
were prepared to make stand at Cumber-
land tap. Burnside was not afsaid Of their
standing, but Of their running; and, on the
5th, dispatched Gen. Shackclf0rd from Kuox-
Vile to cut of all means Of escape. On the
7th, General Burnside left Knoxville with
force Of cavalry and Artillery, and arrived Mt
Shack ckeiford's headquarters early On the
morning Of the 9th Gen, De Conrcey, who
had sdyanced upon the Gap direct from Lon.
don: Kentucky, uas hem1ntpg the rebels in
On the north side. 9he rebel force was com.
manded By Gen. Frazer, Of Mississippi. He
had, when rnmcls Of Burnslde's movements
reached Buckner, been ordered By that Gen
CtoA ~ 1aA paSh ~ AAoAFluts Qut LQa OfaGr
was countermanded by Gen. Johnston, and
Frazers Instructions were to hold the Gap to
the last extremity. When Burnside arrived,
Frazer had been summoned to surrender bY
both De Courcey and Shackelford, and had
returned firm rsfusa1. Burnside sent IN
oftlcer With flag Of truce, demanding an un-
conditional surrender, instructing TIE officer
to walt for an answer at the picket hne ope
hour only. At the expiration of the hour, no
antwer having been given, the officer With
drew. Preparations tor IN immediate attack
were made, but In fifteen minutes General
Frazer sent flag Of truce, offering to sur
render the. position, provided he and his
men were paroled on the spot. Gen. Burn
side responded that under the cartel between
the United States Government. and the Con
tecerates for the exchange Of prisoners, Fra
ger had 10 right to shpulat5 for q parole on
the spot, and Tint he must insist upon the
1nI1endsr EFT being nnconditioRal; Pretty soon
Ter, saying he was convinced he could not re-
sist the force brought against him, md he
would yield to the fortunes of var. His brf-
gade conslsted OF two North Carolina, one
Virginia. and cne Georgia regiment, md some
artillery companies, with fourteen guns. The
strong. The effective torce was above 1900
men. The pNsoners are on their way to this
place, Dnd will arrive here some time this
week. The North Carolina and Virginia regi-
ments were small, owing to desertlons They
were bitterly dissatisfied With the war. 4
vote was taken, fes days before the surren.
der, by the North Carolina regiments, {that
Ii, the regiments were polled to ascertain the
sentiments Of the soldiers and there was
considerable majority in favor Of giving up
the Southern Confede1acy and restoring the
Union! The GeorgianB, however, were light
Ing men, and the regiment composed Of
them vas the only reliable one General Fra
ger had.
On the 7th, two days before the surrender,
two companies Of 6hackleford's men pene-
tinted the rebel lines and buacd. the mill
upon which the garrison at the Gap depend
cd for their supply OF flour. It WAS haza1d-
QUE md brilliant affalr.
we'll, they were Tired upon By rebel compa-
NJ Of Home Guards, and one man WAS killed.
This was the only casualty Of the campaign!
Gen. Burnside expected to leave the Gap on
Thursday (10th), to retusp to Knoxville.
Gen. Carter, an East Tennesseean, has been
appointed Provost Marshal General of East
Tennessee; He is well known to, and highly
esteemed b., the Inhabitants, and Is the fight
man In the right place.
The East Tennessee troops, Of whom Gen.
burnside had considerable number, were
Kept constantly in the advance, and were re-
ceised with expressions Of the profoundcst
the mcst heartily md generally loyal popnla-
tlon In the United States. There were many
thrilling scenes Of the meeting Of onr East
tennessee soldiers with their families, from
Whom they bad been 80 long separated.
Inc information given Of the ontrages COM
m1tted by tie eecessfontsts, confirm and more
than confirm al that Brownlow has had to
say 81 them: There is hardly neighborh0od
in y hich Union men have not been murdered,
and hundreds Of them haye been hidden for
monlhs IN caves In the mountains, aud sup
piled With food BY tie women. The able.
booled males were nearly all absent, In tho
afmy or wandering in exile. The roads In
Southeastern Kentucky now swarm with
them returning to their long deserted homes.
The women, and old men and children have
done wonderful work raising crops. The
county Is tnn Of corn, mostly raised by wo-
men. and there will be no difficulty in supply
ing the army from the territory It occupies.
GneIllla warfare is not feared, Is the loyalty
Of the iphanl!ants aaa vii prevent It. Kentucky
also, Is becoming settled. There IS not
symptom Of bushwhackers from CoyIngton
to Cumberland Gap. 4 traveller could ride
from here to Knoxville updisturbed. Our
forces have occupied the East Tennessee
Railroad as far East as Morristown, and the
Indications we're that they might extend their
lines at pleasure. "A considerable force had
proceeded down the road toward Chattonoo-
"a. The universal report was that the rebels
were dishea1fened and demoral1zed, 50 that
there MAS no fight in them They fed like
sheep for Emery'a Gap, and showed all the
sigus Of being worthless rabble.
Our troops, on the contrary, we're In splen-
did spirits-perfectly happy and IN high CON
dition.- The infantry marched with surpn-
sing alacrity and rapidity. They thought
nothing Of moving twenty five miles per day,
and would 20 into camp. at CT such a march,
merry as Gchool.boys. They were delighted
to be the lfberntors of East Tennessee, and
felt that they were not in an euemy's coun-
Try. ....,-,
The people Of Knoxville made many inaui-