Named Entity Results, Bird

The Yankee raid is East Tennessee --The Yankee raiders who went to Knoxville, Monday, numbered about 3,000 mounted infantry, under Carter and Bird. They came out of a little Northeast of Sparts, in White county, and came through Kingston, in Roane county, where Bird formerly resided, and where he captured some artillery, The Bristol, Tenn., Advocate, of the 25th inst., says: When they reached the bridge at Strawberry Plains on the E. T. &Va. R. Road we understand that they met withBird formerly resided, and where he captured some artillery, The Bristol, Tenn., Advocate, of the 25th inst., says: When they reached the bridge at Strawberry Plains on the E. T. &Va. R. Road we understand that they met with some alight resistance before they succeeded in burning it. --Our forces there, however, succeeded in making their escape, losing their artillery (five pieces) and a portion of their small arms.--After destroying the bridge at the plains they came on to Mossy creek and there destroyed another bridge. Here they resolved to rest a while, turning, their stock, into the grain fields adjacent thereto. Learning, by some means that our forces were advancing upon them from both East and West, they sa