NP, RS 11/9/1863

From the Richmond Sentinel
 
November 9, 1863
 
From the Atlanta Register, Nov. 4
   Today our railway trains probably cross the Hiwassee at Charleston, and then will run as far as Loudon, 28 miles from Knoxville -- thanks to Major Wallace, President of the East Tennessee & Georgia railroad, and to the indefatigable Captain Winston, of the Sappers and Miners. We have quite possession of Loudon, and during the day we shall know what the enemy is doing beyond. The impression prevails that the Federals have fallen back to Knoxville.
   According to our latest advices, there were Federal forces at Carter's depot, 20 miles below Bristol, only occasionally their scouting parties reach Zollicoffer. From the Watauga to Knoxville, about 90 miles, the Federals roam at will. Within the current week we shall hear that all Yankee forces in northern East Tennessee have been forced back on Knoxville. Stevenson goes up from the South and some one else comes down from the North, and Burnside may be crushed between the upper and nether millstones.
   The question arises, how far this double acting flank movement of Gen. Bragg will relieve him from the pressure of overwhelming numbers at Chattanooga. If Stevenson be successful, how long will Thomas' communication with Murfreesboro' and Nashville be uninterrupted? Will Stevenson and the co-operating forces in East Tennessee move across the mountains by way of Sparta? or how far will Thomas permit Burnside to provide for his own safety? will he not seek to relieve him?

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