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Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
September
Year
1863
Copyright
Public Domain
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Nkvv Yohk, Sopt. 14. A special to the Tribune from Cincinnati contirms the ovation the troops received at KiioxvüIö on its occupation by the Federa f. The town wita decorated with flugs which hnd been hiddon fi;r years. Buniside made n ad dresR to a large meeting the day aftor the occupation. The d;iy after Foster's nrrival a procesión of women whose busbands aré in the Union servico eame in from the country, and vva nearly tx fnile ong. Valuable machino hops and foundrio? aro found in Knoxville; alao, two million pound.s f .sult, a largo quautity of w heat, aud mtiny thousand baga ? Tho prisoners capturad at Cumber land Gap were the Second North Carolina, First Virginia, First Goorgia, and sever. 1 oompihies ol artillery. They surrefldjretl unconditionally. Tho Georgia regrnent was 800 atrong and was captured onco bef pre by Burnside, at Roanoko Island. Ou tho night of tho 7th two companies of our troops stolo thi'ouh the rebel pickets and burnod a mili that had supplied the robols with meal, in the very pip-ht of tho rabel camp. Burnside was to return to Knoxville the lOth, whero lio wil) rcmain till the decisión of ths War Department ia regard to his resignation is inado. Full bodies of rebels are still near the Virginia line. Saltpetre works, which the rebels worked, are within onr lines. Ready communication is now had with Rosficrans. AH of Bnrneidü's troops marched over 250 miles and a porlion 300 miles, averaging twenty miles a dayover difficult roads. In the wholo cnmpnign but one ca8nalty fMjeurred! Of sickness there is so Jittlo that the Surgeon in charge of the hospita! at Knoxville asked to be relicved for ant of woik.

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Old News
Michigan Argus