Siege of Knoxville

Siege of Knoxville
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November 4, 1863	Braxton Bragg orders James Longstreet to Knoxville to operate against Ambrose Burnside. Longstreet is the last of the generals that complained to Jefferson Davis about Bragg.	Tennessee
	Braxton Bragg
	James Longstreet
November 16, 1863	Battle of Campbell's Station, Knoxville Ambrose Burnside [US] withdraws following an attack by James Longstreet [CS].	Tennessee
	Ambrose Burnside
	James Longstreet
November 17, 1863 December 4, 1863	Siege of Knoxville	Tennessee
	James Longstreet
	Ambrose Burnside
November 28, 1863	Ulysses S. Grant orders William Tecumseh Sherman to advance on Knoxville and relieve Ambrose Burnside	Tennessee
	Ambrose Burnside
	Ulysses S. Grant
	William Tecumseh Sherman
November 29, 1863	Battle of Fort Sanders (earlier known as Ft. Loudon or Loudoun)	Tennessee
	Battle of Fort Sanders
	Lafayette McLaws
	Ambrose Burnside
December 3, 1863	James Longstreet begins a two-day withdrawal from Knoxville to Greeneville following the Siege of Knoxville.	Tennessee
	James Longstreet
December 6, 1863	William Tecumseh Sherman enters Knoxville, formally ending the siege	Tennessee
	William Tecumseh Sherman
December 9, 1863 December 14, 1863	Battle of Bean's Station Federal forces probe Longstreet's lines near his winter camp. After several days of heavy skirmishing, Longstreet struck the Union line on Dec. 14, driving Brigadier General James Shackleford back about 1.5 miles before he made a stand. Union forces withdrew that evening.	Tennessee
	James Longstreet

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