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the possibility of raids there 1t was from
this region that lie started tn move over the
mountains into East Tennessee after" the
capture of Morgan.
The forward march began Aug. 16, from
Richmond, KY. Burnside had 10000 men.
The Ninth corps had not yet returned to him
from Vicksburg.
1t was intended that Burnside, from East
Tennessee, should cooperate with RoseSrans
in South Tennessee. Whel-{ooeeEHk cd
vanced from Winchester to follow the re-
treating army of Bragg, Burnside moved
toward Knoxville.
Cumberland Gap, the passage way from
Kentucky to East Tennessee, was held by a
Confederate force under Gen. Frazier. This
force, single brigade, belonged to Buckner's
command. Gen. Buckner himself was in
Knoxville when Burnside set out on his
march over the mountains.
The people of East Tennessee had long
been looking and hoping for the United
States government to relieve them. The
news of Burnside's coming was therefore
welcomed with gladness.
The march over the mountains was scarcely
less difficult and painful than the one Rose
crans' army was making at the same time
farther south. All the artillery and the
heavy wagon trains were to be dragged up
the mountains and down again upon the OPP
posite side. When the mules were brOken
down, the soldiers themselves in long lines
laid hold Of the artillery carriages and drew
them up the mountain Sleeps.
The march was remarkable one, both be-
cause of the difficulties of the route and the
rapidity with which it was accomplished.
Burnside's army travelled $50 miles in four
teen days, much of the way over rugged
heights and broken mountain roads, By the
last days of August the army descended the
mountain and appeared in East Tennessee.
At news of their approach Buckner evacu-
ated Knoxville and made all haste south
with his command. He was ordered by
Bragg to occupy Loudon, Tenn
Burnsides army, in five columns, moving
by different routes, came together the first
part of September in East Tennessee. The
cavalry column moved through Wheelers
Gap and proceeded to Knoxville. At that
place, Sept. 8, Gen. Burnside established his
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sides man of marvellous eloquence and in
tense convictions. Added to the rest, he was
not at all an abolitionist, but decided pro-
slavery man and native of Virginia. An
unf1inching Union man, he believed at the
Same time that African slavery was right
and ordained by Providence.
Brownlow received showers of letters pro-
testing against his bold utterances. One of
these, after painting the parson in the black
est colors, concludes:
''There, you lying old hypocrite, is your
character, furnished by a Sonth Carolinian
from your own town"
For answer Brownlow gave back as good
as he received. He replied in long pub
lished letter in his own paper, concluding:
~ remain the defiant opponent of a willful
and despicable South Carolina rascal"
In December, 1861, Parson Brownlow was
arrested on the charge Of treason by the Con-
federate authorities and imprisoned in the
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SEIGE OF KNOXVILLE,

After the battle of Blue Springs Burnside
concentrated his forces about Loudon and
Knoxville Oct. Is, Gen. U. s. Grant was
made commander Of the military division
Of the Mississippi" thus becoming Burnside's
superior officer. There were at this time
three armies in Tennessee, namely, that of
the Cumberland the Ohio and the Tennes-
see.
These were the three departments Of Gen.
Grants new division. Burnside retained
command of the Army of the Ohio, Rosecrans
was relieved from command of the Army of
the Cumberland and Gen. George H. Thomas
succeeded him Gen. w. T. Sherman was
placed over the Army of the Tennessee. Hon.
Charles A. Dana, now editor of The New
York Sun, was assistant secretary of war,
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Knoxville Jail till March, 1852 Then he
was released and went north. His family
were also expelled from Knoxville and sent
north by the Confederate authorities.
Brownlows life had been threatened and
ne was In absolute danger Of losing 1t Q
number Of times before no left Knoxville.
After coming north he travelled through the
country, making speeches, rousing the people
by his eloquence and by the burning words
with which he described the sufferings Of the
Unionists Of East Tennessee.
Parson Brownlow lived to see peace and q
reunited country. Then he returned to his
home In Knoxville. In 1855 he was elected
governor of the restored state of Tennessee,
serving until 1850. Then he was elected
United State senator, holding the Office till
his death In 1877
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UOWdTuS Inc 1Ol-
ston. Nov. Is. Burnside was ordered to
fall back to Knoxville, thus drawing
Longstreet as far away from Bragg as pos
sible. He therefore withdrew to Campbells
Station. Here, Nov. IS, there was another
fight, at the close Of which Burnside with
drew to Knoxville, and entered its fortified
works.
Longstreet's cavalry had meantime ad-
vanced on the south side of the Holston. On
the south side of the river at Knoxville was
Gen. W. p Sanders with small Union
cavalry force. He communicated with
headquarters across the river by means Of a
pontoon bridge. Gen. John G. Parke had
command of Knoxville in the absence of
Burnside.
Gen. Sanders was able to keep Long
streets cavalry at bay till Burnside entered
Knoxville. Then he quickly and safely
crossed the river and took position cover
ing the Loudon road.
There was continued skirmishing during
the day of Nov. II. Nov IS, the battle be-
gun in earnest, and the brunt of it in the
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ANDREW JOHNSON,

distinguished and able men in Tennessee,
besides Parson Brownlow, held themselves
loyal to the Union at the risk Of their lives,
Among these were Horace Maynard, Emer-
son Etheridge and Andrew johnson. The
last named, the famous war governor Of
tennessee. afterwards president Of the United
o1ates, had history no less thrilling than
that OF Brownlow. His life has not yet been
iully written. and his countrymen have never
done him full justice His pathetic early
history Is well known-how he, tailor's ap-
prentice taught himself to read. He was
natlve OF North Carolina, born in 1903, mi
grating to Greenville, East Tenn, in his
young manhood. In Greenville he worked
at his trade and married After his marriage
ms wife taught him to write His first po-
htlcal Office was that Of alderman in Green
Vile IN 1857. From one step to another he
rose TILL he became governor of Tennessee and
United States senator. He held the latter
Office when the war began, but in 1862 he was
appointed by President Lincoln military gov
ernor of Tennessee.
On one occasion squad Of guerrillas at
tempted to seize him when he was travelling
in railway train. They came upon the
train at station, and entered Governor
Johnson's car, fully armed. He sat in it
alone. He saw them as they entered, and
heard their muttered curses and threats.
Instantly the lionlike courage of the man
rose to the occasion. He drew his revolver
and alone advanced to meet them-the car
half full of deadly enemies. He began talk
Ing to them as he advanced, using the most
whitening terms of contempt and defiance
Before his words and the cleaning barrels
Of the loaded revolver, the guerrillas felt
their courage oozing out. They began back
Ing towards the door. The governor ad-
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Gen. Rosecrans' army on the west to the
Virginia line on the east. The distance
was nearly 200 miles. Besides that, Halleck
ordered him to cooperate with Rosecrans.
The line he was obliged to guard was, how
ever, so long that he could furnish no effect
ual aid to Rosecrans.
Burnside's old corps, the Ninth, had re-
turned from Vicksburg and was resting a
few weeks in Kentucky. In accordance
with a command from Washington to
move all available forces into East
Tennessee, Burnside ordered the Ninth
corps to come to him. He received
this order from Washington, Sept. 1G
Sept. II, Burnside received another order
He was now told to reinforce Rosecrans
with all possible haste. But the battle of
Chickamauga was fought Sept. 10 and 90 It
was over by the time Burnside's forces could
be put in motion, and Rosecrans' army was
in Chattanooga.
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wire was invisible to the Confederates.
When they approached the hill and endeav.
ored to charge up Its height they stumbled
across the wire aud fell forward upon the
sharp points that pierced them like bayonets.
Thus they lay In confusion, while the fire
from tho fort poured In deadly rain upon
them. Hundreds Of Longstreet's assaulting
column thus lost their lives.
Knoxville is situated on tho north bank of
the serpentine Holston. Loudon 10 In q di.
rect line southwest of Knoxville, on the
south bank of the Holston. The East Ten.
nessee and Georgia railroad connects the
two towns.
Around the earthworks at Fort Sanders
ran the ditch Longstreet approached Fort
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vanced as they re-
treated, still LASH
ing them with his
tongue. still point
ing the revolver at
their breasts. In
this manner, single
handed, he backed
the whole company
out of the door and
off the train.
Thus, in daily
and nightly dan;
ger, Andrew John
son lived during
the war. He held
facf RI bic 1Ova1tv
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carpets, in bed mattresses and elsewhere.
They had sometimes even been buried In the
ground. As Burnside advanced to Knox
vile they were brought out again and flung
to the breeze, till the whole country seemed
In the midst of Fourth Of July celebration.
Gray haired men, with tears running down
their cheeks, cried;
"Bless the Lordl The Yankees have come.
The old Aag's got back to Tennessee"
A small Confederate force under Gen. Sam
jones still remained near the Virginia line.
This was pursued and driven into Virginia,
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KNOXVILLE.
and exceedingly patriotic and efficient in
military matters. He made a journey from
Washington and visited Tennessee and Burn
side at Knoxville to gain exact knowledge
Of affairs there
Oct. ~ there was another fight in East
Tennessee where the Confederates were again
threatening. Col. Woolford held the Sweet
water valley with Union force. He was
attacked not far from Philadelphia, Oct. 90,
and forced 70 retreat to Loudon. The Con-
federates captured from him six guns, over
300 prisoners and wagon train.
It was e. ident that East Tennessee was to
be fought TO- once more Nov. 10, Union
garrison at Rogersville was attacked and de-
feated, with the loss of another wagon train,
four guns, and 500 prisoners, and now it was
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toric Ninth corps from the Army Of the Po-
tomac. It had fought under him at Antie-
tam, had shed its blood freely at Fredericks-
burg, and now the tried and true men fol-
lowed their favorite commander to the west.
The two division commanders who came
west, were Gems. Orlando B. Wilcox and
Robert B. Potter. The corps commander un-
der Burnside was Gen. John g. Parke.
Gen. Burnside was appointed to the COM
mand Of the Army Of the Ohio in March,
1858. He made his headquarters In Cincin-
natl. The department Of the Ohio, Of which
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EAST TENNESSEE,

The ordinance of secession had been passed
in Tennessee in 1861. But so loyal were the
people of East Tennessee to the Union that
the United States mails were not discontin-
ued there, but were ordered to be carried in
twenty-six counties. Largely attended Union
conventions were held at Knoxville and
Greenville in the summer of 1861 That at
Greenville lasted three days, and issued bill
of grievances against the Confederate gov
eminent, which charged that the right of free
ballot had been subverted, that women and
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Blue Springs, East
T Q nnes see. The
Ninth corps, with
Willcox's division,
aided by Shackel-
ford's cavalry, was
sent against him,
Oct. 10. To inter-
cept his rear Col.
Foster was sent a
roundabout W ay
with a brigade Of
cavalry.
A severe fight &C.
CURED Oct. 10 be-
tween Jones and
the force on his
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children had been
shot down in their
b ON es and that
peaceable citizens
had been murdered
in cold blood.
Isham G. Harris
was governor of
Tennessee at the
outbreak of the
war, and was con-
tinued in Office at
the head of the &C.
cession state gov
H. $1,000
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and the deliverance
Of East Tennessee
was completed. It
never again passed
under Confederate
rule.
BY the possession
Of Knoxville Gen.
Burnside held pos
session Of the rail.
way from Virginia
to East Tennessee.
He had orders from
Halleck, at WASH
ington, to hold oil
the valley of the
HolstOn river. from
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It was promised BRIG. GEN. FERRERO.
that Cheatham and Stevenson's divisions
should aid him, but they were not forthcom-
ing, and he was obliged to start on the ex-
petition alone. Burnside's strength was
fully equal to Longstreet's, and he was be-
hind the defenses at Knoxville besides
Nov. IA Longstreet crossed to the north
side of the Holston below Loudon. Burn
sides army was partly posted on the road
between Loudon and Knoxville up to this
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ton of the third
one within the de-
partment of the
Ohio was prohib-
tied. These strin-
gent military or
ders remained in
force for a short
time, then Presi-
dent Lincoln re-
voked them. Burn
side had kept the
fertile Blue Grass
region in central
Kentucky amply
guarded to prevent
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he had charge, In
cluded Ohio, Indi-
ana, Illinois, Mich
igan, East Tennes-
see and the eastern
portion Of K Q n
lucky. It was at
this time that there
was 90 much disloy-
atty In some states
OF the north. Ken
lucky was put un-
der martial law.
Soon after arriving
in the west, Burn
side prepared for a
CarupaiOu in EaSt
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beginning fell upon
G en-. an d e r s.
small force. The
whole force of
Longs t reet's at
tack fell upon him.
For three hours he
sustained it, then
fell back nearer
the town Here the
pursuing ne y
came within range
of Ferrero's guns,
w b i c b c b ecked
them.
TL Cn-Io,,c &,
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the mountains suf-
fered great hard
ships from hunger
and cold. Citizens
of Kentucky, Ohio
and Indiana recall
still the ragged,
suffering condition
in which the loyal
T g II II G S S e a n s
Preached the north.
'"You look like a
Tennessee refugee"
is synonymous to
this day of all that
iS friend1aSs i'll
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Tennessee loyal
was Rev. William
Gannaway Brown
low, f a m iii ar ! y
known as "Parson
Brownlow," editor
of The Knoxville
Wing. He was a
Methodist minister
who for twenty
two years had ed
tied a Wing paper.
He was a preacher,
temperance lee
turer, tn m p
speaker and jour
pa1iSt Ha wac ho
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ascertained d 9 f.
nitely that Lieut..
Gen. James Long
streets corps of 49,
600 m e n, W i t b
Wheeler and 5000
cavalry, were COM
ing to crush Burn
side in East Ten
nessee. Grant re-
commended Burn
, side to prepare for
this by concentra-
ting at Kingston
and f or tifyi ing
kl.,o p,,r,, oido
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Sanders from the
mort h W est. He
posted a row Of
guns parallel with
the Union works at
that point, 700 to
1900 yards away,
and trained them
on Fort Sanders.
Lon g. tree It's
movement against
Knoxville had been
ordered by Jefer-
son Davis himself.
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and at times all alone upheld the United
States government in Tennessee.
The intense and long continued strain
would have shaken the nerves Of one stronger
than Andrew johnson. When he was elected
vice president he was already broken man,
and he was never the same again. He died
in Tennessee in 1875.
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time. Gen. Rob-
ert B. Potter was
at Lenoir's with
the Ninth corps.
Gen. julius White
W as there also
with a division of
t b Q Twenty-third
C orps. Burnside
hims elf was at
Lenoir's.
There was q fight
on the afternoon of
Nov. IA, near Le-
noir's. Longstreet
was driven back
k1-o.xl- A. nj
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front. He was driven back with severe loss,
but escaped Foster by retreating in the dark
ness He fastened to the Virginia border,
pursued by Shackelford, who could not over
take him.
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a very important
one, and its loss to
the Union arms was
keenly felt. Its
possession a gain
would give a secure
base of operations
to the Federal ar
mics ope ra ii n g
either in western
Louisiana or east
ern Texas.
The expedition
was not ready to
sail till Sept. s. It
Ia No. H-1.
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FIGHT AT BLUE SPRINGS.

Gen. SAM Jones had been driven into vir-
ginia by Burnside's troops. But he did not
stay there. Oct. 8 he suddenly appeared at
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DElIVERANCE.

Not till the summer of 1868 did help come.
The rescuer was Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.
He brought with him two divisions of his his
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EAST TENNESSEE.
Its Thrilling History During
the Civil War.
THE WELCOME TO BURNSIDE
"Bless the Lord! The Old Flags
Back in TENNESSEE"

Story Of the Siege Of Knoxville Told After
. Quarter Century's Lapse-Desperate
Charge Of the Confederates on Fort
sanders-"I Am Not Afraid to Die.
Have Served MY Country As Well As
Could"-The Telegraph Wire Defenscs.
Franklin's Expedition to Sabine Pass
Texas.
A thrilling chapter in the history of the
civil war is the story Of the Unionists OF
East Tennessee.
Shut off by their mountains from other
communities, they developed an individuality
and personal sense of freedom shared by
no other portion of the south except by the
people Of the Alleghanies in West Virginia.
Mountaineers are proverbially free and
brave.
After South Carolina fired on Sumter in
April, 1861, President Lincoln issued his
call to the sites to furnish their quota Of
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MEMORIAL SERVICES

As announced last week the exercises
incident to Memorial day, took place at
the M. E. Church in this city. The day
opened out warm and beautiful and all
nature smiled in the exhubrianee of life,
OF the balmy air and fragrant flowers OF
the early summer time; and with the
solemn sense of obligation to the heroes
whose memory We were to celebrate,
came feeling of deep and profound
thankfulness for the sacrifices they had
made. the grand work they had done
that liberty might not perish utterly
from among men, that freedom of speech
and OF action might always prevail. and
the union ofthe states, under a recognized
federal head, might settle forever the
pernicious doctrines that the states OF
the union were sovereign, and indepen-
dent of the general o,ernment-were
each and every one law unto them
selves, irrespective Of the wants and
wishes of the others or the united power
ofall in the government at Washington.
We telt, as we gazed upon the smiling
landscape and inhaled the balmy breath
OF spring, like Ingersoll's toast was emf
nently appropriate, that "every one of
the later sons of the republic should
give cheers for the living and tears for
the deadp
AT ten O'Clock Gen. Croker Post as
sembled at the Court House and were
Joined by number of old sold :ers who
were not members of the G. A. r., and
the ranks showed forty-one of the old
veterans in line. AT a quarter to eleven
Co. IL" ID. n. g., came to the Court
Honse, and the procession took up the
line OF march. with the Militia boys IN
front as escort, followed by the old SOL
dlers. The line OF march was from the
Court House to the Prior House, east to
the Balzer House, north to Armory Hall,
east to Third Street, and thence north to
the Church. Along the whole length OF
the march the walks were lined with
people. Arrived at the Church the Mi
i-tAS IVY SPShSN LaIlkS anu the Olu SOL
dlers passed through, responding to their
salute with discovered heads. IN the
Church the old soldiers occupied the
front seats, the Militia boys Immediately
behind them and then the general
Thanks to the ladies the interior of
the church was beautifully decorated.
Back of the pulpit was the American
ensign draped around the picture Of
Washington. On the right was full
length picture ofGrant and still farther
bust of Uncle Billy Sherman, while on
the left was Garfield and Logan. Run.
ming clear around the church were inter
laced white and black Grape. On the
right of the pulpit platform was monu-
ment draped in mourning and having on
it the words sour honored dead, and at
Its feet were plants and flowers in pro-
fusion. On the left on the pulpit plat
'orm was a pyramid Of beautiful house
} lants, their brilliant flowers giving an
lir of tropical luxurence to the scene.
The whole arrangement was one of har-
noiIious beauty, and the perfumed breath
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Come in and see me

MIR. Balzer uas commenced OPP
erations on the rev addition to
his hotel, "fhe Commercial" He
proposes 10 swing the old building
across the back OF his lot, and viii
erect new building in the place
vacated by 1t. The new building
will DO an addition of twenty-five
per cent to the hotel facilities Of
Webster, and will be a great i'm
proyement to the main street Of
our city.
Two weeks ago we wrote an
item with reference to final proofs,
based on what we supposed to be an
order faom the land department, in
which it was stated that only GER
tain kinds of proof could be taken
before the Clerk Of the courts. 1t
now transpires that our information
was wrong and that all kinds Of
proofs are taken before the Clerk
and that no change has been made
in the rulings in regard to them.