Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-09

taco pacritsH aoldicry rushing mp Too tNe
J.tsplsi. buvoult in hand. o. clnmhcroyur
,Ta .imp'o obstacle, breach the lime oi bat
,i..tatcacitv and decide q campaign here.
,,s.t focusing Of element tug |usntioi
,,.nntthc tfuul in war time. 10 was
Trs Sanders. on sunday morning, Nu'r
81 t.li.Wl,n LoHE.tfc,t lysiog,d Blyu'
Dls's army 40 khuS,iie Tenn. Long.
str.st staAul 40 uu ont haanri, 49, loo
ia douo Boa prkcttp charge Nc Gcttys
lurs. -
,Le control of Knoxville. the key Oh cH
Tu.asllr, aud Is fcll 30 Longstr.ct. whre
eo.ns az iryincIblD h0d been rent west
nfer Grttysbur.; 60 try mud wrc't 70 oncu
iHoro fiom the linton gasp. Burnside hnd
Iut recently Imuped into the tracks Of "a
rtregfing Confederate army ami hadn't
reached firm ia.lHoid llc Commanded
1900 men. l1nsHtrcct brought 5000
against him.
The opposing armies first camc Into col
lis.0n u f,v miles south ~ the city, for
burnside N.al pushing un 90 Chattanooga,
leaving knoxville behind him. az the same
time thnt Long trrct was leaving Chatia.
n0oga behind him 20 surprise and carry
Knoxville. Little had bcen done by nun-
aide towufl intpnchiug the place, because
no one was expected 10 dispute hi- occupl.
ton. The field OF lighting had apparently
moved South for good.
ln the midst Of hnsty efforts 90 build do
icnsiyu works around the city the Conf,d.
crates appeared IN fore about mile hc.
youi the outer foriilicailon., ON the south,
on Nov. u, bent On going strnlght Into
Knoxville. There was really little Ia the
way " their doing ~ un thnt route, except
about inl Union cavalry led by Gen w. T.
Sanders IN person. Sanders commanded q
full cavalry division, but Dc remained no
the point of danger t1scu 90 out Tho hand
ful III men with him were 90 u1t 90 % foil
while thcir infantry comrudcH wcrt ggttIng
tilngH 800 trim behind them. With tho
enemy closing IN and tho brcHstworis and
batteries unfinished, BuWside's engineers
asked for day'f grace at thoir lnhurS. y'ho
general frlorrCd the matter TO Sanders,
who said ycs, without of course consulting
iongstr,,t Hs TO bis intentions. The day .
grace was 20 hu ny 90 midnight of the 18th.
During the night of tho i,th Sanders men
built hrcustwors out 0f fence rails, sent
their horses to the r,nr and awaited tbs
issue with thO other party
II 20 happened that Ioug,tFcpt wns nnx-
i0us Tor speedy attack. and hia leading
soldiers ran into Slniors' rail pile early on
tho 18th and drew back with countless
broken th.ns. Then artillery was brought
into play the rails were knocked INTO
splinter, and a Confederate column oharg-
81 upon and overwhelmed the bravo cav
Hlryurn. Sanders was MORALLY wound Il.
while he stood erect, head and shoulders
above the iliinsy hfeustwurk, over which
bullets swept Hike driving hail. His cour-
agc stimulated bis followers mud they buf.
frtcd the cnomy until darkness drew on,
and by that time the hruustwOrl,H aud re-.
doubts around the city were nearly com.
plctod
Directly In rcarof the spot where Sanders
fell, and at the most salient point south Of
the town. there WIS an old Confederate
fort which the Union engineers were busy
rrmodoling during Sanders plUcky hrht
ON tho outpusts. As soon as news Of his
heroic death was carried bacl. tho worl.
was named Ia his honor.
The ruling spirit Ia Fort Sanders was
Lieut., Samuel n. BENJAMIN, battery p.
Second United States artillery. BENJAMIN
commanded the ARTILLERY In the fort, ten or
twelve ordinary field pieces. About 900
rihcmcn belonging 20 the Seventy. nluth
New York Ilirhlandcrs. the one Hun.
drcdth Pennsylvania ltoundhcads, and the
Twentieth Michigan We're distributed
about the fort, which was nm irregular
quadrllHtcnl averaging 100 yards length
on side. The work was located NJ the
angle where the lines of defense on tho
north aud west met. aud IT, capture by
the Coniedorntos would carry down the
adjacent Union lines running east aud
south from IL. TWAS faultily placed aud
poorly constructed, but such M IL was tho
defenders had 10 make the best Of Il.
The Confcderatos found out TINT Fort
Sanders was the kcy 20 Knoxville aud
devoted ten daysto appropriations for attack
upon it. Thirty cnnuOns belonging 10
AlcSnndor's crack artillery corps were
placed In battery to fire upon the worl, az
short range. -Four pieces wcro elevated
upon shlds 30 Hs TO rain down shells yertl.
cally inside the pgrapet, NJ Fort Sanders,
and four long range guns were placed on a
hill II mile and half away. having a
range 10 rake lcngthwiso the trcIrhos AL.
lnccni to the fort on the south. Ordinance
enough 1t would seem, to mako dust ou.
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