Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-10

ter, with their stats and escorts. came up,
and / then thought that we were to go
clear to the rear, but they halted at my
headquarters, and after examining the
organization of my brigade, held a short
private interview with me, in which
found Gen. Burnside most pleasant and
kind-hearted gentleman. He ordered
me to take my brigade on the Knoxville
road and to force Winters Gap, which
would flank the enemy on our right,
and force him to fall back, when, if
matters went smoothly, he would give
me orders to push right into Knoxville.
Nothing could have pleased me better.
At eleven o'clock I formed my brig
ade, and leaving every one of our wag-
ons behind, marched to Winters Gap,
arriving there at sundown and occupied
the Gap, finding that the enemy had fed
in the morning
This l reported promptly to General
Burnside, and about. 4 o'clock Yesterday
morning l received orders to push on
into Knoxville and occupy the town, at
tacking any force of rebels which might
be there fss-ta
"We were in motion in an hour, and
all along the road, as every where else,
in our march through East Tennessee,
we were received with the warmest ex-
pressions and demonstrations ofioy. In
the morning | expected that we would not
be able to take the town without a fight,
but as my brigade had been assigned the
post of honor / was satisfied it would do
its full duty. t5siz't
A few miles before reaching the
town we ascertained that the rebels had
all left, the last of them having departed
that morning, taking all Government
property with them.
:" The 5th Tennessee cavalry, which had
Teen the advanced guard, surrounded the
town, and about 4 o'clock rode into the
town with the staff and escort, and such
an ovation as we received was never be-
fore, during the war, given to any army,
The demonstration beggars all descrip-
ton. Men, women and children rushed
into the streets No camp-meeting
shouting ever exceeded the rejoicing of
the women. They ran out into tie
streets shouting Glory glory; the Lord
be praised" "Our Sayiours' come" and
all such ordinations.
"The men huzzahed aud yelled like
madmen, and in their profusion of greet
ings was almost pulled from my horse.
Flags long concealed were brought from
their hiding places
" As soon as / could get to hotel
was waited upon by the Mayor-a true
man--and large number of loyal men,
prominent citizens, and was received
with the heartiest compliments and well
come. All afternoon and into the night
until the Provost Guard sent all citizens
to their homes, the streets resounded with
yells and cheers for the Union and
" Lincoln" A marked feature of the
loyalty of this section is that the people
have no seruples about hurrahing for
Lincoln. They recognize him as the
leader and head ofthe Government.
Last night, after the occupation of
the town, the intelligence was communi-
Gated to the people throughout the conn
ty by the firing of guns from place to
place, and by signal fires in the noun
tains, and this morning the streets were
crowded with people from the country,
and such rejoicing | never saw before
Here they stood and shouted with uncov-
cred heads beneath the old stars and
stripes. With such sincere welcome they
met the soldiers
"The Mayor brought forth large flag,
fully one-third larger than the one that
hangs over Main street, near Schapker &
Bussings, which he had kept waiting anx-
iously for the day when he could uniurl
it to the breeze.
''This was suspended early this morn
ing over Main or Gay street, and at the
sight of it the people, as they came in
from the country, yelled with a perfect
frenzy of delight.
Early in the day procession of Ia
dies was formed, and bearing two Amer
ican flags, they marched down Main
street, and under the large American
flag, in order to fulfill a vow they made
early in the war, that they would, in a
body, march under the first American
flag raised in Knoxville.
at does a soldier good to fight for
such a people. 1t is labor of love-
Every soldier in my brigade has been
paid an hundred times over since we
came into East Tennessee, for all our
hardships short rations and exposures,
by the hearty welcome of the people.
We can see upon their faces a recogni-
ton of the fact that we have delivered
them from cruel bondage.
Although the rebels had for five
days been removing their property, we
came upon the town so suddenly, yester.
day. that we captured large amount Of
army property, five locomotives, a mum.
Der of cars, and saved the mills. foundry
hospitals and other army buildings from
burning. ...-..<
"a large number of rebels, the most
prominent ofithem, have fed with theil
families leaving their -hnmess furniture
&c.
Gen. Buckner. when here, took pos
session of Hon. Horace Maynard's hous,
as his headquarters. Brownlow's fami
ly was turned out of the house for the
use of the rebels and / thought they
could not complain if / in some small de
gree initiated their example So /, thi
morning, established my headquarters a
the residence of Snead, an officer of thu
rebel Government He figures il Par
son Brownlow's book.
"He abandoned his house with hi
family, leaving all his furniture, dining
room and kitchen ware, his house serv
ants, and almost everything His hous
was elegantly furnished, and he lived il
fine Southern style. He took away hi
silver and china ware and bed clothes
got his carpets to the railroad, bnt w
captured the train that was to take then
out, before it lefs3 We have his cook
washerwoman, dining-room servants, an,
gardener, who are now officiating for us
We are living in fine style" to the vic
tors belong the spoils 3h3ta
when Parsen Brownlow comes up, Oh
is the agent of the Treasury Department
for collecting abandoned rebel property,
! will turn it all over to him for the ber
eft of the Government. There are :
number of other houses similar to thii
which the Provost Marshal has been o.
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