appeared among them. So long as we remained in the French Broad

region, we lived on the fat of the land, but unluckily our stay was

to be of short duration, for Longstreet's activity kept the

department commander in a state of constant alarm.

Soon after getting the mills well running, and when the shipment of

their surplus product down the river by flatboats had begun, I was

ordered to move to Knoxville, on account of demonstrations by

Longstreet from the direction of Blain's crossroads. On arriving at

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