Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-09-28
Cumberland Gap.

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portant position without firing of q gunl
is certainly, as it has bssn pronounced
by one Of our contemporaries to be, on3
Of the ESst ~disgfaceful occurrences of th4
war. It was garrissnsd by a force OF bsl
tween 1900 and 5000 men, with II pie
ces o. artillery Qncluding the fine battery
presented to the Confeacracy by the men
chsets Of LIVERPOOL was abundsntl}
supplied with provision and ammunition
and fully susceptible of q successful de-
fsncs against an army of 10000 mem
A General Frazier, of Tennessee, Of y hoII
no body ever heard o before, was en-
trusted with the C mmand there. AM
from al the staten mrs which We ha1
seen of the circumstances of the surrsn#
der, it was the result of that mans treaeh4
cry or incompetsncy. Had be made thu
proper stand, it couli net have been Ia
kea by assault, for We presume thai
there is not p military position in thu
whole South which is more imprsgn.blt
by nature and rendered mere so By ar
than Cumberland Gap. It could be lo.k
only by treachsry, or e~owardics, or utteq
incapacity on the part OF fits commanded
Frazier might have at all even . evacua{
ted 1t and saved ali his guns, ammuni
ten n provision, il he had any fear a
his inability to hold it. The less q
Lsydsn's (LivsrposD Battery is partie
ularly to be depl2red, inasmuch A. it w
not oniy a superb one, but the COS
gilt OF our generous sympathizers os u.J
other side of the Atlantic.
We copy the subjoined extract fron|
the last Bristol Advocate and Abingdon
Vlrglnlan, which throws all the light up1
| on the subject that we have seen.
1t is with deep modification that we
announce the unconditional surrender OF
Cumberland Gap to the Federal forces
en- wednesday, the 7th inst. According
TO the best information we can gather
there were 2,lo0 men in the garrison
a when 1t was surrendered. 1t is rspsrtsd,
however, that something near E thsuxahd
. refused to comply with the surrender,
. made their escape. OF these latter
. It IS SAID that some two hundred balong.
% to Col. Slsmp's Oath Va regiment
Our Toss IN stores, arms, etc, must D,
considerable. Among them was Leydsn's
Ie battery of the 9th Georgia battalion
4 one OF ths NEST splendid batteries in th,
3. service. 1t was presented to the Con.
federacy by the merchants of Liverpscl
and was stationed near this place sever
a Al weeks during the past summer. Tia
al splendid company, the Gilmer Grays
who were stationed here last winter. Or
SAID to be among the captured. But n
p will not persist in narrating the sicksu
= ing details. We do not pretend to SPA
as advisedlv, but the thing is regarded i
intelligent circles here rs being one
- the most sisgraceful occurrences of I'll
war. Ths garrison IS said to Do in cos
fpnand OF Cen Frazier. OF whom we k-6,
l. nothing.
- That noble regiment, the 1st Tern
=. which had bean recently placed ON de
u taehes service in the vicinity Of the gar
c. were ordered to thig place, and teok d
the line of march hithsr on S~undaymor,
ing before the surrender, and reache
here on last Sabbath. 1T is understood
since their arrival here, that the Yank.,
Ter pursued them near louisville, Va.
fe As to the probable result of this sur
render of the gap, we will not specuI.t
ks further than to say that we ara f,arf
ra- that the enemy will prssscuts his Jour
Try ney to the Salt Works. There IL stfr
nd pike road from the gap to Estilyiu
thence there are two parallel turn,ik,
est to Saltrills-ons by way of LELAND
OF and Hayton's Gap, the other throuxa n
ill Poor Valley and by way of Asingdn.-
1t is certainly a matter Of vital iuno
lance that our authorities.and ~psoplesti
ucC look to the protection of. this iatsrsa
ed, Nothing very important "from Il
ON trent since our last issue. In iap
~. East Tennessee Maj. Gen. Jones Il
command. There was brisk shirmixb,
ors on Monday, and on Tuesday evsningly
m wounded Csnfedsrates and four YAH
by prisoners were brought up from bse
Jonesboro', where they were woura
and captured.
70 From later intelligence. received bya
ETA Advocate, the following list of regims
rem at the Gap is obtained
AZ The garrison consisted Of four RI
imsnts, viz: 55th Ga, 64th Va, cad
ID Saith North Carolina, a portion of Lads
artillery, Capt. Barnes's company, of G
one alse, Fain's Tennessee battery, comm
md; aed by 1t. Conner. The ensmy's fc
Z at the Gap was commanded by G
Burnside in person. He left the Gar
re- Friday with his and Gen. Shackelfo
who brigade fer Knoxville, leaving only
regiments to guard the Gap, the 1C
- anu 10Th Ohio. Up to Saturday morr
Tue the enemy had made no meve upon
dis Virginia Valley. outside of their pi
ssc,i lines. Only about 3tO of our forcs.