The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-06-18

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IN vS assigned to gen.
~ ~ eral duty in the
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EMa NEAk :. Burnside in per-
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WI SSsrNSSGea. Grant sent 3
60 ~ dispatch to Gen.
q <4Burnside, ORDER
.s,e ing him not to
@s1rrepnlse Gen.
Longstrcet at the Tennessee River, but
to try and induce him to cross aud GO
up the valley as far as conducive with
his own safety, and to intercept Long
streets rear, until he (Grant) repulsed
Gen. Bragg, apd that if he (Burnside)
got into trouble he would assist him.
Gen. Burnside ordered me to retreat
the army to Lenoir's Station, Nov. 10.
At 12 o'clock that night, he ordered
the retreat to Campbell west of the
railroad station, at which place he or.
dered me to assume command of the
advance line of battle to intercept Gen.
Longstreet,s advance. After the battle,
Nov. 16, he ordered the retreat to
Knoxville, where the army arrived at
daylight Nov. II. 1868
Capt. f. NJ. Poe, Engineer IN Chief
Of the Army of the Ohio. consisting of
the Twenty,third and Ninth Corps,
assigned the troops their respective po-
sitions on the line of defense around
Knoxville, the Second and Third Di-
visions, Twenty-third Corps. on the
north Of the city, from the railroad to
the Tennessee river. Upon this line of
defense was the fort on Temperance
Hill occupied by the cath Ind. and
the Elgin Gill; batteries. The Ninth
Corps was on the west and southwest
of the city, while Col. Sanders dis
mounted infantry were on the south,
their left resting on the right of Fort
Sanders; Lieut.. s. N. Benjamin's Regu'
lar battery, U. S.Art., to Fort Sanders;
Maj. Reemer's battery Cd TO the fort
on College Hill. east of Fort Sanders;
which completed the investment ofthe
city south to the river. These two
forts were situated on the eminences
south of Run No. 2, and were formida-
ole structures for military defense,
commanding all the approaches of the
south. to the city Of Knoxville.
It was in the advance, and to the
right of Fort Sanders, that Gen: Long
streets advance attacked Ger. Sand
er's forces on the 18th and 10th of
November, in which assault Gen.
Sanders was killed. His forces was
then reinforced by Col. Ferrero's Bril-
gade, consisting Of the roth N. Y, the
Goth Pa, ard the 25th Mass, of the
Ninth Corps, and Col. Ferrero, with
the rank of Brigadier-General, was
assigned to the command of the con
solidated division by order Of Gen.
Burside.
still seemed to have been considered
by Gen. Burnside as general roust-
about on the line Of defense. At o a.
m, November %, was ordered to re-
port in person to his headquarters,
After ascertainIng the condition and
vigilance ofthe Ines, their ability to
resist IN assault, he informed me that
he had received unofficial information
that Gen. Grant had repulscd Gen.
Bragg's army at. Chattanooga, and Gen.
Sherman, with his command, was en-
reut for Knoxville; that if General
Longstreet was not already informed
Of the result he would soon be, and
would surely attack Knoxville before
Gen. Sherman could arrive. The con-
versation turned upon the probable
point of attack, and Gen. Burnside
strongly asserted it would be at the
river, either north or south of the city;
that Fort Sanders being the most
available for Gen. Longstreet to con-
centrate his forces upon, it most like
" would be the point of attack, and
the fort must be reinforced, and that
vhe had some doubts of the propriety
of trusting so important a command
to SO young an officer as Lieut.. Benja'
min.
then ventured the query whether
he had any regular officer in his army,
with experience in the field in COM
mand of artillery, to relieve Lieut.,
Benjamin. 1t being decided that Maj!
Roemer could not be relieved from the
fort on College Hill, Immediately east
of Fort Sanders, was then instructed
to report the military situation to Gen.
julius White, of the Second Division,
Twenty third Corps. The interview
was then adjourned to 2 p. M, with
the request that Gen, White be present.
AT 2 pm. Gen. White was unable to
be present and Gen. Burnside then in,
formed me he had reinforced Fort
Sanders with one section each from
Mai. Roemer's and Berkley's batteries,
leaving my friend, Lieut.. Benjamin, in
command. He then proceeded to give
me4full instructions for, commander OF
the infantry forces in case of an at
tack; that Capt, Lee of the U. 5. Army,
should command the reserve infantry,
which should support the tort on the