[53] Judge Daniel Breck. [54] Soon after, for gallant conduct, made a Brigadier General. [55] Capt. William Rule. [56] See Appendix: Note W. [57] See Appendix: Note X. [58] See Appendix: Note Y. [59] After the siege of Knoxville, soldiers of Burnside’s army had only half rations of bread. Sergeant White, in his Diary, Walcott’s History 21st Massachusetts Regiment, says: “I have to-day seen soldiers scrambling after corn in the ear, as though it was the greatest of luxuries. We parch it. Officers eat it, as well as privates. Well, its all for the Union and we are driving the rebels to the wall, thank God!” A committee of citizens requested Gen. Foster to send the people out of the country, rather than the U. S. army should evacuate it. [60] NOTE.--“To which,” say the Commissioners, “he might have added, and with more truth than Francis the First at the battle of Pavia, ‘save honor.’” [61] Hon. Horace Maynard. [62] See Appendix: Note Z. [63] Aubrey de Vere. [64] In a pamphlet, entitled “Recollections of the East Tennessee Campaign,” by Will H. Brearley, Company E, 17th Michigan Volunteers. Detroit. [65] “The Nashville (Tenn.) Union.” [66] Haun, and the two Harmons, father and son, executed at Knoxville. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. Pg 14: ‘Bridge Burning’ replaced by ‘Bridge-burning’. Pg 15: the page number for Chapter XIX was missing; ‘316’ inserted. Pg 42: ‘Sumpter’s disaster’ replaced by ‘Sumter’s disaster’. Pg 72: ‘beleagured dwelling’ replaced by ‘beleaguered dwelling’. Pg 79: ‘Fort Sumpter’ replaced by ‘Fort Sumter’. Pg 80: ‘a dissaffected State’ replaced by ‘a disaffected State’. Pg 121: ‘battle of Manasses’ replaced by ‘battle of Manassas’. Pg 139: ‘Benjamin, Sceretary’ replaced by ‘Benjamin, Secretary’. Pg 161: ‘the two refgees’ replaced by ‘the two refugees’. Pg 174: ‘Its fullfilment’ replaced by ‘Its fulfillment’. Pg 208: ‘department o’ replaced by ‘department of’. Pg 225: ‘Tennesee River’ replaced by ‘Tennessee River’. Pg 281: ‘led them them to’ replaced by ‘led them to’. Pg 325: ‘from the the U. S.’ replaced by ‘from the U. S.’. Pg 338: ‘non-combattant’ replaced by ‘non-combatant’. Pg 373: ‘Artillery Volunters’ replaced by ‘Artillery Volunteers’. Pg 377: ‘immediaiely posted’ replaced by ‘immediately posted’. Pg 398: ‘railways ln East’ replaced by ‘railways in East’.