The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-15
MONDAY, SEPT. 3
 WAS ANNIVERSARY
or ARRIVAL OF GENERAL BURN-
 SIDE IN KNOXVILLE.
Forty-Three Years Have Elapsed Since He Marched Into the Cfty.--Incidenfs of His
 Coming.

Coming.
 Monday, September 8, 1906, was the | forty-third anniversary of the arrival of Major General A. E. Burnside. who
 marched into the City of Knoxville
 without opposition or the firing of gun.
 General Burnside some six months before that time took charge of the l Department of the Ono, and it Is be- lieved at that time he vaguely con l templated such movement, as the or
 ders concerning his territory had for
 a. .clause land all the territory of East
 Tennessee you may at any time oa- cupy."
 For sometime before the appearance of General Burnside, General Buckner
 had been located at Knoxville and was
 in command of the Confederate forces 4 throughout Kentucky and Middle and East Tennessee. Northern Alabama.
 and Southwest Virginia.
 | General Buckner was in his personal appearance commanding. and was in
 reality the grand army officer his irn- posing form would lead one to think
 him to be. As he rode the city streets
 at pleasure, without atendants. on his
 magnificent charger, his was an im- posing figure. While he was in the
 
 in high esteem. and his reputation had
 profited by his splendid conduct at the l fall of Fort Donelson. where he was seen to advantage in comparison with
 his companion generals.
 l Late in the month of August, the civ
 ilians were surprised by sudden
 movement of the general who had gained such a fiatering reputation as
 soldier of superior merit. He and | | .nA AAo ct snt t-d
 and after tfaveling distance of
 twenty mine miles. a railroad bridge | spanning the Tennessee River was crossed and burned behind them. This move was the signal for visions
 and conjectures by the citizens Gem eral Buckner and his forces were gone. | No one knew why. There must be l reason. What was it?
 The ignorance of the people as to
 what was back of his move was one cause of suspense, but not the only one.
 Following the departure there of course was no martial patrol, and the unpro- I tected city was at the mercy of rowing
 bands of .lawless ones, who without honor or Conscience, took what they chose, and acted as they pleased while | the powerless citizens could only won- der what offense would be committed next. Events came to such a climax I ] organize a band to protect local inter- ests from marauding bands. But be- | fore this was done, the answer as to why General Buckner had decamped was known, and with this came tho l assurance of the order which military | government affords.
 | It was the End of September, 1868. A worthy Swiss emigrant who at the beginning of the war sided with the South, and that very ardently, had a | friend in the city who was decided Union man, and the latter was drawn into various troubles during the Con- | federate supremacy in the city. On the
 afternoon of this day, the Swiss had | just completed a visit to his friend s home, and was on his return when, to his astonishment he saw several hum | dred yards from him three horsemen | mounted, wearing the blue, and gall | IiopIng toward him at full speed. Wish | ing to inform his friend, he turned and hastily Aetraeed his footsteps, The soldiers cried "IIaitm but he did not | heed them and soon arrived at the | room of his friend. into which he rush. 1 ed, crying, "The Yankees are coming. ]" | Tn a moment the family was assembled but as quickly the soldiers reached the dcor. They proved to be the advance guard of Major General Burnside's ar- my and on the lookout for opposition l | dier. Tn an upper room one of the ] horsemen spied him and cried, There he is now. stand out of the way, la- | diesr' Whereupon the Union man stepped forward and replied. Don't
 shoot, I am Union man" The sol-
 dier lowered This pistol while in un- dertones the Swiss said to his friend | that he should go down and give him
 self up. But before this could be done his friend had rushed down the steps and impressed the troopers with the l truth that the man was only a visitor
 at the house and not Confederate sol- dier. After profuse apologies, the troopers rode away
 l This was. the entrance of the van guard of thearmy of a general who l had crossed the plains of Ohio and the hills of East Tennessee to occupy the eastern part of the State. Trans ported across the State of Ohio, the bluegrass regions of Kentucky and the mountains of Tennessee in wagons | drawn by mules the bodies of 10000 of these animals lined the road from
 Cineinnati to Knoxville, killed by the | toll of the journey.
 On the following day General Burn
 side himself entered the city, to be
 cheered and heartily welcomed by those
 whose sentiments were with the Union.
 Locating in stately residence, well fitted to house a general, the Union
 flag was flung to the breeze This
 house is one that stood formerly back
 of the Blaufeld's cigar store It was
 back quite distance from the street,
 and hidden by dLnse foliage of a grove
 which surrounded the home.
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