Nov. 26, 2008 Knox News.com
Called the second battle of Mossy Creek and that is saving it from development which has almost obliterated the field.
Union Captain E. J. Cannon killed by a bullet in sight of the home he hadn't seen in two years.
Eight thousand Union and Confederate troops fought a four day running battle over Christmas 1863. The old Andrew Jackson Highway runs through the middle of where Union Captain Eli Lilly's artillery spent 3 hours fighting off Confederate assaults where Carson-Newman College ballplayers round third base. There is a park on the hill where the battery fell back.
A National Guard Armory, a trucking center and Wal Mart are also on the battlefield.
A historical corridor is planned in Knoxville which will include Fort Higley and Fort Stanley in South Knoxville. Preservationists have bought the house in Russellville which james Longstreet used as winter quarters during the 1863-1864 campaign.
Let's Hope At least Some of the Battlefield Will Be Preserved. --Old B-Runner
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