Tag Archives: The Battle of Fort Sanders

The battle’s sesquicentennial

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Dick Stanley

One hundred fifty years ago at dawn today, four seriously-under strength Mississippi and Georgia regiments attacked the earthwork Fort Sanders on Knoxville’s west side. The very subject of Knoxville 1863, the novel—this blog—and the book itself. I suppose there will be … Continue reading →

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Boy Battery’s experience shows Longstreet’s incompetence

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Dick Stanley

Captain/Doctor William Watts Parker’s famous “boy battery” plays a prominent role in the novel, because its position on Cherokee Heights gives a literal overview of the battlefield. But also because the battery’s almost-incredible experience of being shuffled back and forth … Continue reading →

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New history: an error and an argument

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Dick Stanley

There’s a new history on the Battle of Fort Sanders, one of the few ever written. It’s Lincoln Memorial University historian Earl J. Hess’s 2012 The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee. I bought a copy to see if … Continue reading →

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