, 1864-01-29


Tbc presence Of Brig. Gen. julius White
in our city, whithcr he has come from Knox.
vile 10 recruit Lis shattered health, Is the
occasion we have selected to give brief rec
ord of that portion Of the East Tennessee
Campaign which was conducted by this dis
tinguishcd officer, and few particulars Of
which have been before published
When Gen. Burnside organized his army
in August last, Gen. White was assigned to
the command Of brigade Of cavalry; bnt
tic Commanding Officer of the End Division,
@:5d Army Corps, Gen. Manson Of Indiana,
being sick, .he was transferred to his COM
mand as 1t was supposed, Temporarily.
This Division, q Division OF Cavalry,
mid t1rce batter3es OF artillery constituted
scparuts column, all Of which was placed
,nd.r his supcrris}on. The command started
f,or, co,nmiio K sirtv miles west of the
4toan tolulno,a, N.Y. e1Ats ,unee "eato4 VIC
the point Of departure OF the 1naln army on
the 21et O: August, and united with General
H,r,,s,]e at Emory River. In Tennessee sfx
da,e .f,o,,uo,da rho d;tncu1t,,e NJ voarrh.
nr tl,c colnn,, ovcr thc cumber1and
Mountains, can only be appreciated By
1,y those who l,aye Witnessed efsuilar enter
..,-;.oe Il, ,t,a;1- ,,arta of the same ranpe
U.s. 49, 80 .t,a., ne 49, n,.o1,t,ae ~
some leeeae eoooepuon ~ sue suas ~ =.
the undertaking may DO derived IRON tae
statement TINT the entire wagon train consist
;n, or 24o Eagons. and the three batteries,
,,,nr, Inn oror roade so nnccfnitnns that
:" 1900 S.a,n es+- ~ nm ,,1ndrod ,nan
u fol&aieo 4iom 10y ~, ~ Wv Daua ~ ~ a,.a ..4sa
to each wagon Des'ace lne norses 80 70 max MAKE
Der Of horses persisted, and the necessity vas
+1~x<,5 ,,nor ,,i,n IN dcstrov the rrfatcr ,,or.
ioe'u "t'4 N
lion Of Tue eoppneS 10 eanote Mn 10 get ns
l.t,c.ics ea:tiy over. His expectation Of OBJ
sI-,;;.rd
J" .:tta'5 ~. -. Y.na,n +ba
-" taFastou was stationed a. Louooh tne
, oiut where The railroad crosses the Tcnnes-
scc on thc extreme right Of Gen. Burnsides
,in'' If occnnation. There he built pontoon
scsose, ,nses*no. .cru w snbsiat unon the coun-
as, aho .1ts t;yne tSe enenay was constantly
III arst ~ al,;rmfshinr was of daily and
,'., IN nle .sons nntii Ioncstrcct made Lis
Minated @ adyance upon the Federal lines.
Tic cnemye first movement was to throw
over nonstrnct 1nt nontoon to cross the rcst Of
10 eo,lg,t a,,1, ~ AZ 1n,ice above Iondnn. As
1,a,, ns1 " N;1,,fe heard Of II. he narched his
t,,,e 10 a"n;nst Hood. attacked him with great
sntr;t and drove him with considerable
sl"r..1,ter s T to the dcfensce lie had constrncted
eiaugnt1h tho " he.a ,nv % oF tie bridres Gen. Barn-
at1ana aido 4,as ~ rotified Of the situation, and
elos so "do doun m tho same dnv. urriylnc
S; &. .i;o,tT,f, Con- White baiI before ordered 4
a;ri'l ~ ~ a1tsck mon lie bridge Ut ten, bnt Ut
The reouctt Of Gen. Burnside, the order was
.ntntermandcd. -, The policy rs dictated by
~ n],thnr;t;es at Wasf,inrefon' was to draT
! ~ HnTst1cct "a far ns nossIh1c from Chatta.
nooFa. TO obyiatc the danger Of lis marching
uooEn2 ;2.,ua Hra~c, n1,cn Ersnt rnsde 1,5a ntfacE
,ooo 10 Hf,sston Hidre. and The % order Va Wss ciTe1
4pgI "a, hack npon Knoxville. On the morn
ne % Of lie 15th, Burnside commented his 70
1rsat ~ n1,on Knoxville, Gen, White viii
1;s division bringing up the rear
Es Eron, the bridge to Lenoir's station
1.1rrc the command was United, tn,
ronr slir7nislcd continually with the rcb
~ ADVANCE. and even while in camp ther,
were demonstrations and vollcs firing b,
1,onrstrect's men, which continued long af
~ miduiclt, and kept the camp constant
3y On thc gM ,t,x. At daylight next morntn.
The COLUMN e'as again in motion, and va
nlIoa cd to proceed unmolcsted until !
reached Campbeus Station, ten miles from
Knoxville. Here they VIC attacked BY 1aIge
II superior force. and General Whit
1ormcd in line Of battle, his own Division i
front, and two Brigades Of the 9th corps
a support The rebels attacked three Line
deep. and assaulted three times, ana ID ever