| Tennessee (Knox County), Knoxville — IE-79 — Fort Dickerson |
| | This Federal work was a major factor in the defense of Knoxville against Lt. Gen. Longstreet's assault in November, 1863. The fort and neighboring hills were manned by the 2nd Brigade(Cameron), 3rd Div., XXIII Corps, which repulsed by fire Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, advancing from Sweetwater and Maryville. — Map (db m3886) |
| Tennessee (Knox County), Knoxville — Fort Dickerson — Civil War Earthen Fort |
| | –1863–
• One of sixteen Union Army earthen forts and battery positions protecting Knoxville, Nov. 1863–May 1865.
• Named for Capt. Jonathan C. Dickerson, 112th Illinois Mounted Infantry who was killed near Cleveland, TN on Sept. 18, 1863.
• Repulsed assaults by 5,000 Confederate Cavalry under Gen. Joe Wheeler, Nov 15-16, 1863
• Withstood the Siege of Knoxville, Nov 17–Dec 4, 1863.
• Provided artillery support for the Battles of Armstrong’s Hill, Nov 25 . . . — Map (db m4319) |
| Tennessee (Knox County), Knoxville — The 1863 Siege of Knoxville — Fortifications and Battle Sites |
| | Introduction. After defeating the Union Army of the Cumberland in the bloody battle of Chickamauga (Sep 18-20, 1863) and besieging the Federal provisions in the city of Chattanooga, Confederate Army of Tennessee Commander Gen. Braxton Bragg turned his attention to driving Gen. Ambrose F. Burnside’s Army of the Ohio out of East Tennessee. Burnside had moved his army from Kentucky into Knoxville on Sept 3, 1863 following the Confederates’ abandonment of the city on Aug. 25-26.
Initial . . . — Map (db m4318) |
| Tennessee (Knox County), Knoxville — Civil War Knoxville |
| | What Brought the Armies of the Blue and the Gray to Knoxville?
Knoxville was a pro-Confederate town of some 3700 persons when Tennessee seceded from the Union in June of 1861. It was the commercial and light manufacturing center of East Tennessee, a region of considerable agricultural importance that provided large quantities of wheat, corn, pork and other foodstuffs to areas beyond the great valley of the Tennessee River. Lying near the head of navigation of this great stream, . . . — Map (db m4317) |
| Tennessee (Knox County), Knoxville — Back Door to Knoxville |
| | Fort Dickerson came under attack only once during the Civil War. in a prelude to the 1863 Siege of Knoxville, Federal and Confederate cavalry fought for possession of these heights. Its lofty presence, however, served as a deterrent until the end of the War.
Two months prior to the Siege of Knoxville, Confederate troops under General
Braxton Bragg defeated Federal forces at the bloody battle of Chickamauga
and then laid siege to the Federal forces which had retreated to Chattanooga. . . . — Map (db m4316) |
| Tennessee (Knox County), Knoxville — Fort Dickerson 1863–64 |
| | Fort Dickerson was one of the sixteen Federal forts and battery emplacements constructed around Knoxville during the Civil War. Temporary earthworks were thrown up here in November 1863. Designed by Capt. Orlando M. Poe, Chief Engineer of the Army of the Ohio, the fort was completed between December 1863 and February 1864 by the 21st Ohio Artillery Battery. This irregular shaped fort was constructed of earth and timber with 25 gun embrasures (openings through which cannon were fired). These . . . — Map (db m4315) |
| Tennessee (Knox County), Knoxville — IE74 — Forts Dickerson and Stanley |
| | Fort Dickerson to the west and Fort Stanley to the east were the center two of four fortified heights held by the Federals south of the river during the siege of Knoxville, Nov. 17-Dec. 4, 1863. Maj. Gen. Jos. Wheeler C.S.A., made a vain effort to seize these hills with cavalry Nov. 15-16. He came via Sweetwater and Maryville. — Map (db m3782) |
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