From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE EAST TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN.
General Bragg's Infatuation--General Grant in Command of the Federal Forces--Longstreet ordered into East Tennessee--His Plans for the Campaign--Poorly supported by his Superior-- Foraging for Daily Rations--General Burnside's Forces--Advance upon Knoxville--Affairs at Lenoir's and Campbell's Stations-- Engagement near Knoxville an Artillery Combat--Reprehensible Conduct of Officers--Allegement that One was actuated by Jealousy--Federals retire behind their Works--Laying the Confederate Lines about Knoxville 480