Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-16
TllE CAMPAIGN FROM ,CEIICKA-
MAUIA TO KNOXVILLE

: iIlri n VI n! " rhOM ,CulChA-
MAUiA TO KNOXVILLE.
Extracts from the journal of an officer G.
! tie Army Of East Tennessee. in the campaipf
f;on Clrie.Arnauga to Knoxville:
! November .l.h.-Left Chickamaupa with
! llood's and Nc Laws Divisions, preceded by
:: portion OF Wheeler's cavalry: arrived q,
! Tyncr's Station sauo day, and, to our amaze
maat, sew the train Of cars come in from,
! Cleveland loaded inside and outside with
| Ckratharl's Division. What dues all this
mean: is tha enquiry On every side. ala
StcTcnson's Division coming, too. thought
we were Ia 20 up and join sllem, wipe ont
Burnside and take Knoxville" This was the
topic Of conversation; but, liko most army
| ;u";.@r'.. no enc could answer understanding
; ly.' Ali are anxious to get off, each division
hup;"S theirs will be the first to move; when,
alas. t,r human expectations, the engine,
which had been snOrting and whstling, run
ming first up and then down, eventually run
oif .nh track, and left before US tho pleasant
prospect Of Il night in tho rain.
November 5th.-One or two other engines
stopped in their mad career, lay hors du com.
bat between yJnsrs Station and Cleveland.-
Another day of mud, aud rain, and cold, all
to be borne with an order of Gen. Bragg's,
enforced by Gen. Longstreet, staring us in
the lace, "Burn no rails." This is q yery
s,ior: ecntcncc, but next to the sentence of
daath-tho most potential to poor devil
whose blankets were made to sell by the
y:l:i instead of the pound, and whose habilia.
n.cnts generally are nlads rather to pass q
current Of air than to exclude one.
November Gth.-McLaws' Division off,
Another smash-up of down train; three cars
rclrrcd to their original clements. Nobody
cnqnir4s, What Of the living freight? but cvc-
7yi1dy wants to know how long it will take
u repair the road. Such is war and its in
lucncc upon the sympathies and selfshness
OF man. la addition to tie troubles of yes
tcrday, the ratiuns for the trip have bccn
eaton i'm while We are waiting to start DO
You doubt it? Hear that shout! The boys
r3aoGnIGe :.n unfortunate commssary and are
nirglrg cat: "lIread )" Beef" Smoke
;rn:..c.'" lizard, tack" and are us iJlly,
mirthiul Hnd uprIarious rs if they were in
,i'c 10 Il FEAST, wiilc the fat, sleek commis-
"lry S!iirks away, looking as though but for
his round prnpnrtions bo would try TO find
s".n- hole wherein to hide his head.
%"YCmbcc ten. Longstreet becomes i'm
patient "f delay. Ia il in hurry, time
presses him, and lie determines to abandon
the T.-il route. take the dirt road and march
with Hoods Division to Cleveland, and then
,lke tho Virginia and Tennessee Railroad to
Sweetwar"r, the enemy being ,eamped and
hnlding the east Lank Of tho Tennessee river
in force.
\ Nr"mhNr S.-Arrived at Cleveland, where
.l.rill drove of unfortunate beeves, Of Cas-
sin-' lean kind, arc, to Use the army phrase,
"turEcd over" (they seemed too weak and
worn 10 turn over in any other way,) and ut
orc commenced to provo the inles:ructahility
nf matter hy becoming component parts ol
rebels yet to be distinguished in story. The
c.rs aoon take on their load Of life and away
wc 20 to Swoctwatcr. Various bets arc made
rs u how many times We will run of between
Cleveland and Sweetwatcr. No one had the
rock!"esHesg TO be: that we would nos run eff
at all If he had ho could have broke even
VI. Mrumingnr's trcasury-which it seems
not';ng else can brcak--for we arrived safely
without mishap Of any kind
November 9.-Arrivei ut Sweetwater, with
part or Hoods Division. Every one wanted
t. know why it WAS called SSeetw4tnr; no
one ha. get found ont. Whatever il may havo
been in peace, war has marked it with its
dnsoiatng hand in politics, it is an oasis in
the treasOn cs East Tenncsshc; the people are
Sruthern to the hearts core and have suffered
nG:o!linSly. Hore we met Steven5on's s Diyi
sion. ready To take the cars for Chickamarga;
III: lc.r Loagstreet with about 10000 NUS
ket. and ! .0O1 70 5000 cavalry, to drive Burn
side out OF East Tennessee, whose forces were
yari0usly cs:im tied at from % Gao to $4,000.
AZ soldiers know nothing Of any movements
bat what they zee, this sending back Of troops
~.Is very discouraging.
November lD.--Thc remainder Of HOODS
division arrived to-day: This brings al OF
oar f,rcc4 to this point--sx days since we
at camps Had the railroad worked right,
tvgntv-lnur hours should have brou .ht us
4, it il, had L)ngstrcct not run an opposition
line, W marching his troops part Of the
war, we should still have been in transitu.
November 1l.-Great cSmmotion in the
colnnl,s:ary department.. The chief commits
s;.ry's face looks ils long aS if it was in mourn
iiig for all his sins-and who cnn imagine
anything mere lac!irym3se than the elongation
If Il sisago doing panance for the sins Of q
c,.m,ai--.yy. knnwing'the Major to be ordi-
narii; rs genial az sunshine, | asked him to
cast that shadow from bis brow :" when,
win y s)!cmrity tlmt would have dJno honor
u Mark Anthony, speaking over the dead
hply Of Julius Cesar, he informed me that
no ,,y9UiSion uhaterer had been made for feed
ip7 tie hoops that the General was anxious
50 move; that tho troops had arrived here
witi@ut anything. The cattle and flour in tho
c&uary had been sent back t. Bragg's army,
and c was expected to improvise three day 5
r;:lons for an army in an exhausted country.
left him, thanking my stars that, in hunting
q soft place, had not the good luck to be
comrnissary Of q hungry army and nothing
whcrcwith to feed them.
Noyrmher l2.-McLaws' division moving
tn;"ards Philadelphia; Jenkins, commanding
li".i't division, towards Loudjn by another
rrld. Small lots Of hogs moving; mills run :
Ming; wagons coming in loaded with wheat {;
mere and there an unfortunate COW, strolllng
from its legitimate walks, il gathered into q
small herd. and taken in charge by tho cattle
itiYrrs Everything indicates an advance.
ma.irr d' fiicultieI, but still an advance. AS
the troops march through the town, weary
aid worn, with their torn banners unfurled,
telling uf mary sharp and bloody fray, the
fa ,as On the sidewalk speak with unmstaka-
bio signs the politics of the parties. The
Uai1nists ljok Fad and de- ected, despite an
effort at conccalment; while the joy of the
S,uthcrnc.'s heart leaps in his very eyes, and
TIE bright smiles OF the Southern wcmen bid
God sp2ci you" TO the passing corps, that
ner"cs with fresh energy the veterans Of a
iinndr:,! fields. Their bayonetS glirtening in
the sunbcauis, have many an appen'iage MT
laid inwn in the army rcgulations-such rs a
g,a-r. VINO will never live to he old a rooster,
wI: will proudly strut no more; turkey
tia. VIII neecr grace Christmas table; heads
Of cabbage, lunches of tnrnins and othfl
articles Of the cuisine, which, Though
summoned before their appointed tui"
could never be more enjoyed.
November 81 started this morning f0l
tho 'front.' after riding few miles, learnet
taa.cur engineers were preparing to lay tht
prn;oons, preparatory to crossing. Ih'
coahtrY between Swcetwater and Loudor
gives uamis:akablc e7idence Of the presence o
tie cnc,ay; scarcely fence is to be seen IA
Gr near: the stock IS sll killed up and tn
eros 'nGst,y destroyed, The weather wretch