The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee

In the fall and winter of 1863, Union General Ambrose Burnside and Confederate General James Longstreet vied for control of the city of Knoxville and with it the railroad that linked the Confederacy east and west. This important campaign has never received a full scholarly treatment. In this landmark book, Earl J. Hess fills this gap in Civil War scholarship.