CHAPTER XVI.

HOSPITAL NEEDS--A SCENE AT HEADQUARTERS--INCREASED DESTITUTION--ASSAULT ON FORT SANDERS--LONGSTREET RETREATS--SHERMAN’S APPROACH--BURNSIDE GIVES HONOR TO HIS ARMY. 268

CAPT. POE’S CONCLUSIONS--PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S PROCLAMATION --GENERALS SHERMAN AND GRANT--INTERCESSIONS WITH GEN. FOSTER --BATTLE OF RESACA--INFLUX OF REFUGEES TO KNOXVILLE. 285