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The Daily Dispatch: December 5, 1863., [Electronic resource], East Tennessee. (search)
d or annihilated. Acting upon this as a "tried conclusion, " Gen. Longstreet has moved from Knoxville, as we are informed, toward Virginia. In crossing the Holston river the enemy is reported to have sustained considerable losses, which may be increased by the captures of the Ninth army corps as it advances, under Gen. Burnside, in pursuit. Thus far General Longstreet has escaped disaster and capture, and passing opposite Cumberland Gap, will probably be struck in flank and rear by Gen. Wilcox, whose forces garrison the Gap. If the retreat of Longstreet is not conducted with great skill, good order, and celerity, he may yet be intercepted and seriously injured, if not destroyed. At any rate this rebel leader should not be allowed to join General Lee in time to save the Army of Northern Virginia from overthrow at the hands of General Meade. The Star says that information from Gen. Burnside, as late as Wednesday night, 25th inst., is to the effect that he was then amply pr