The Battle of Blountville, September 22, 1863
Appalachian History Series Blountville, the old Sullivan County seat on the road between Knoxville and Bristol, saw a sharp engagement on September 22, 1863. The fight came amid Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's East Tennessee operations, when Federal mounted troops probed toward the Virginia line to secure the railroad and pressure Confederate forces back toward the Holston River and the saltworks beyond.
Authors
- Alex Hall
Publication Details
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- Published
- 2025-09-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.59350/f2tmh-naf97
- Primary Topic
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
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- article
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