| From the Southern Confederacy (Atlanta,
Ga.) |
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| June 24, 1863 |
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| From the Raiders in East Tennessee |
| Through the kindness of W. P.
Orme, Esq., we are permitted to make the following extract from a
private letter from a very worthy and intelligent gentleman, dated at
Loudon, Tenn., the 22d inst. |
| He states that on reaching
Loudon from Chattanooga on the 19th, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, he
found the up train on the E. T. & Ga. R. R. {East
Tennessee & Georgia RR} stopped a mile this side of Loudon,
with the report that the Yankees were across the river, only two miles
from town. He found everyone was in the ditches. He then says: |
| "After coming in sight of
Loudon, on the North side of the river, they went to Lenoir's, burned
the depot and cotton-shed, then encamped at Concord, halfway between
this place and Knoxville. Next morning, the 20th, they attacked
Knoxville, fought the citizens and a few soldiers, with two pieces of
artillery on their side, and fourteen pieces on our side, getting
within two hundred yards of the E. T. & Ga. R. R. Machine Shop,
until 1 o'clock, when, on the approach of the train from here, they
retired towards Strawberry Plains. |
| "They opened fight there
on the morning of the 21st, (yesterday), captured the guard in the
evening, and burned the bridge, which is a long one -- say 1,000 to
1,500 feet. Rumor says they are going East through the valley of East
Tennessee, and if so will doubtless burn more bridges." |
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