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Knoxville   /nˈɑksvɪl/   Listen
Knoxville

noun
1.
A city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River.






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"Knoxville" Quotes from Famous Books



... under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard C. Croxton, of the Regular Army, white, with Majors J.B. Johnson and W.H. Johnson, colored. It was mustered into service during the latter part of the summer and went into camp near Knoxville, Tennessee. Here an order came from Corps Headquarters, at Lexington, Kentucky, directing that nine of the officers, including one major, should appear before a board of examiners in order to give evidence ...
— The Colored Regulars in the United States Army • T. G. Steward

... in Alabama, within a few days. Indeed the Confederate officers expected this, and wondered that the Federals failed to do it immediately, as this movement would have cut off Johnson's retreat, and have forced him to surrender, fight, or escape eastward through Knoxville, giving up the whole West to the loyal forces. The delay of the United States forces to take Fort Donelson allowed General A. Sidney Johnson to reach Corinth by March. Here General Beauregard, in command of the army of the Mississippi valley, and already there in person, determined ...
— Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army • William G. Stevenson



Words linked to "Knoxville" :   metropolis, urban center, city, Tennessee, TN, Volunteer State



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