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Sangrado (search for this): article 3
duty it was to defend it. Such is the price which genius and patience pay for victory. It is but just to add that Gen. McLaws suggested to his corps commander the importance of fortifying Brown's Ferry, and that an engineer was sent to examine the ground; but the latter reported against the work as unnecessary, and thus the ferry, Lookout Valley, Raccoon Mountain, the railroad, and the river down to Bridgeport, were lost. The engineer is probably of the same opinion still, and, like Dr. Sangrado, would adhere to his theory though the whole army should perish. Affairs in East Tennessee are becoming interesting. A portion of our forces at last accounts were at London, and in view, on the opposite side of the Tennessee, were two Federal regiments, supposed to be the advance guard of the army.--Prisoners report that Burnside's headquarters were five of six miles beyond London, and that his forces were distributed along the river bank to Knoxville. They say their supplies are h
November 14th, 1863 AD (search for this): article 3
From Chattanooga. [from our own Correspondent.] Army of Tennessee,Missionary Ridge, Nov. 14th, 1863. The enemy, since effecting a lodgement in Lookout Valley, has not been idle. He has thrown up defensive works for his infantry and erected batteries on the range of hills which, starting at Brown's Ferry, run up the valley on the west side of Lookout Creek, and divide it nearly in two equal parts. He is still engaged upon these works. The batteries are intended not only to defend the Valley Ferry against assault, but, in conjunction with the Moccasin guns, to sweep the north face of Lookout Mountain. The possession of this mountain is all that is necessary to render the position of the enemy safe and satisfactory, and at the same time it renders our position unsafe and unsatisfactory. Two Federal Captains deserted and came into our lines a few nights ago, who stated that a call had been made for volunteers to storm the mountain, with a promise to the survivors of sixty d
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