November 4, 1863---The Skirmish At Motley's Ford

NOVEMBER 4, 1863:          

The Skirmish at Motley’s Ford. On the Little Tennessee River, fifty Confederates are killed or drowned, and 40 are captured, including four officers.

  

General James Longstreet, C.S.A. moves on General Ambrose Burnside U.S.A.’s  works around Knoxville.  A major rail hub, both Lincoln and Davis consider control of Knoxville a major objective of the war. Longstreet headquarters himself at Bleak House (now The Confederate Memorial Hall Museum).