Echoes of Dark And Light
“Still, it took a nudge from Toby to bring me to the surface of consciousness, and I fought it every step of the way. I’d been dreaming of home, walking along the sandy shores of Lake Superior with a crisp breeze blowing through my hair. Reality greeted me with bloody visions of yesterday’s battle spearing my aching head. We broke camp with the sun just beginning to light the sky as we resumed our forced march toward Knoxville.
Within a week, General Burnside had the city of Knoxville surrou...nded and in a siege. The once prosperous area now had the neglected look most southern cities suffered these days, with peeling paint, cracked windows, busted boardwalks, missing shingles, human and animal waste littering the streets, and townsfolk peering nervously out from behind faded curtains.
The army assigned our infantry to Fort Sanders, which lay in the northwest corner of Knoxville. Steep, almost vertical walls surrounded the fort, walls that dropped directly into a twelve foot wide and four to ten foot deep ditch that encircled the fort for further protection.MoreLess
Within a week, General Burnside had the city of Knoxville surrou...nded and in a siege. The once prosperous area now had the neglected look most southern cities suffered these days, with peeling paint, cracked windows, busted boardwalks, missing shingles, human and animal waste littering the streets, and townsfolk peering nervously out from behind faded curtains.
The army assigned our infantry to Fort Sanders, which lay in the northwest corner of Knoxville. Steep, almost vertical walls surrounded the fort, walls that dropped directly into a twelve foot wide and four to ten foot deep ditch that encircled the fort for further protection.MoreLess
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