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 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...
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 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...
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....
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 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 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...