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Battles in East Tennessee

I’m interested in learning more about longstreets battles in East Tennessee after the siege of Knoxville ended. I’m particularly thinking of Mossy Creek, Dandridge, and Fairgarden. As I understand it, on the northern side a lot of Indiana cavalry was involved in these battles and on the confederate side a lot of Alabama Cavalry.

There’s a book called campaign to nowhere which deals with the battle of Dandridge. However, the author focuses mainly on the fight between Jenkins infantry and some union cavalry. He completely ignores another action altogether. This is a confederate cavalry attack on the union camp, which was repulsed..

I need all the help I can get, so I hope some of you will respond to this posting