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The Assault Upon Fort Sanders

1E 68 THE ASSAULT UPON FORT SANDERS   Four brigades of infantry, Gen. James Longstreet's First Corps, emerging from the declivity to the north, made a bayonet charge upon the Federal Fort Sanders...

1E 68 THE ASSAULT UPON FORT SANDERS   Four brigades of infantry, Gen. James Longstreet's First Corps, emerging from the declivity to the north, made a bayonet charge upon the Federal Fort Sanders...

  • knoxville
  • fort sanders
  • civil war
  • 1863
  • longstreet

Fort Dickerson 1E 79

1E 79FORT DICKERSONThis Federal work was a majorfactor in the defense of Knoxvilleagainst Lt. Gen. Longstreet's assaultin November, 1863. The fort andneighboring hills were manned bythe 2nd...

1E 79FORT DICKERSONThis Federal work was a majorfactor in the defense of Knoxvilleagainst Lt. Gen. Longstreet's assaultin November, 1863. The fort andneighboring hills were manned bythe...

  • fort dickerson
  • civil war
  • 1863
  • knoxville
  • tennessee
  • longstreet

Battle of Campbell's Station

1E 73BATTLE OF CAMPBELL'S STATIONThe Federal Gen. Ambrose Burnside,pursued by Gen. James Longstreetfrom Lenoir's Station via Concord,eluded an attempt by Gen. LafayetteMcLaws, C.S.A., coming from...

1E 73BATTLE OF CAMPBELL'S STATIONThe Federal Gen. Ambrose Burnside,pursued by Gen. James Longstreetfrom Lenoir's Station via Concord,eluded an attempt by Gen. LafayetteMcLaws, C.S.A., coming from...

  • civil war
  • burnside
  • campbell's station
  • longstreet
  • mclaws
  • tennessee
  • concord
  • knoxville
  • 1863

Longstreet's Headquarters

1E 66LONGSTREET'SHEADQUARTERS"Bleak House," the home of RobertHouston Armstrong, was used asthe headquarters of Lt. Gen. JamesLongstreet and Maj. Gen. LafayetteMcLaws, C.S.A., during the siege of...

1E 66LONGSTREET'SHEADQUARTERS"Bleak House," the home of RobertHouston Armstrong, was used asthe headquarters of Lt. Gen. JamesLongstreet and Maj. Gen. LafayetteMcLaws, C.S.A., during the...

  • civil war
  • bleak house
  • knoxville
  • tennessee
  • longstreet
  • 1863
  • mclaws

Battery Wiltsie

1E 83BATTERY WILTSIEA large Federal earthwork was located backof Vine Avenue between Gay and Walnut Streetswhen General James Longstreet besiegedKnoxville, Nov. 17- Dec. 4, 1863. The...

1E 83BATTERY WILTSIEA large Federal earthwork was located backof Vine Avenue between Gay and Walnut Streetswhen General James Longstreet besiegedKnoxville, Nov. 17- Dec. 4, 1863....

  • civil war
  • 1863
  • knoxville
  • tennessee
  • longstreet
  • fort sanders
  • fort hill

Fort Sanders

1E 69FORT SANDERSFort Sanders, a bastionedearthwork on the ridge twoblocks north of here, wasthe scene of Gen. JamesLongstreet's unsuccessfulassault upon the Federaldefenses of Knoxville atdawn,...

1E 69FORT SANDERSFort Sanders, a bastionedearthwork on the ridge twoblocks north of here, wasthe scene of Gen. JamesLongstreet's unsuccessfulassault upon the Federaldefenses of Knoxville atdawn,...

  • fort sanders
  • longstreet
  • civil war
  • 1863
  • knoxville
  • tennessee

Fort Byington

1E 70Fort Byington"The Hill", dear to University ofTennessee alumni, was protected bya battery of Federal cannon anda brigade of infantry duringLongstreet's siege of Knoxville, inNov., 1863. A...

1E 70Fort Byington"The Hill", dear to University ofTennessee alumni, was protected bya battery of Federal cannon anda brigade of infantry duringLongstreet's siege of Knoxville, inNov., 1863. A...

  • fort byington
  • university o...
  • civil war
  • 1863
  • longstreet
  • fort sanders

Fort Dickerson

1E 82FORT DICKERSONLinking with other hills south ofthe river, this Union position wasa major factor in the defense ofKnoxville. Occupied on Nov. 1, 1863,by the 2nd Brig. (Col. Daniel Cameron),3rd...

1E 82FORT DICKERSONLinking with other hills south ofthe river, this Union position wasa major factor in the defense ofKnoxville. Occupied on Nov. 1, 1863,by the 2nd Brig. (Col. Daniel...

  • fort dickerson
  • civil war
  • 1863
  • knoxville
  • tennessee
  • longstreet
  • union
  • confederate