The_Siege_of_Knoxville_Bl2

=//**The Siege of Knoxville** //= Raechel Chapman, Danielle Barlieb [|google] 1.Name of battle: **The Name of the Battle was The Siege of Knoxville.(Campbell's Station)** 2.Dates battle occurred: **The battle occured November 16 1863.** 3.Location(s) of battle: **This battle took place at Campbell's Station,** **Knoxville Tennessee** 4.Officers in charge (both sides):**The officers in charge were** **Ambrose Burnside(union) and James Longstreet(confederate)**



5. Information on troops present at the battle. Amount, Titles (company, brigade, etc): **The forces that were engaged in the battle where the Department of Ohio for the United States and the Confederate Forces in East Tennessee. Longstreet was leading about 35000 Confederates and Burnside was leading a slightly smaller number of Union soldiers.** 6.Brief synopsis of battle (2 paragraph minimum): I**n November 1863 Longstreet(confederate) and Burnside(union) were both trying to get to Cambell's Station which was at an intersection that was between Concord Road and Kingston Road which, lead to Knoxville. Longstreet wanted to get there first because he wanted to prevent Burnside from gaining Knoxville, which would force him to fight. Burnside was planning to get to the crossroads first and continue into Knoxville, and Longstreet planned to get there first and hold the station which would prevent Burnside from gaining Knoxville. He and his army would have the upperhand because Burnside was unfamiliar with the area.Burnside reached the crossroads first. A few minutes later Longstreet reached the crossroads and the battle began**.**The battle lasted fifteen minutes resulting in a victory for the union, and Knoxville as an addition to the North.**

7.Major strategic moves and turning points of battle: **Longstreet attempted a double envelopement; which was an attempt to attack both flanks of the union at the same time. They struck with such force that the union** **had to redeploy on the right, but held. The attempts were innefective on the left.**

8.Outcome of battle - who won, and how they won: **The union won after 15 minutes** 9.Causalities: union- **The estimated casualties for the Union is 400. The estimated casualties for the Confederates is 570.** 10.Impact of the battle (how this battle impacted the war overall): **This battle was a set back for the south because the battle at Cambell's Station prevented the confederates from gaining Knoxville. Also, it made the confederates weaker and less prepared for other battles so, it made the Union one step closer to winning the Civil War. If General Longstreet would have made it to Cambell's Station first then the outcome of the Knoxville Campaign may have been different.**

SOURCES:** http://upload.wikimedia.org/ http://upload.wikimedia.org/ [|http://www.civilwar-va.com**__] http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/ [|http://www.americancivilwar.com] http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/tn023.htm http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Battle+of+Campbell%27s+Station&offset=0