"In October, 1861, there was not
an exile in Kentucky who did not expect to be back in East Tennessee
in a few days or a few weeks. Mr Maynard, who was at that time with
the soldiers, confidently declared that he expected to eat his
Christmas dinner in his own home in Knoxville. But these fond hopes
were doomed to bitter disappointment. The expedition to East
Tennessee on which their hopes rested was suddenly abandoned, and all
they could do was to wait. When the advance movement was
countermanded, and the exiles, now in the Union army, were ordered to
turn toward Ohio, their hearts were crushed within them. They shed
bitter tears of anguish. This was not childish weakness. It was the
sad condition of their families at home that filled their minds with
trouble. How the long weary months passed with them can not be
described. It would reveal many a sad, heavy, heart as the months
slowly passed, and there was no forward movement." East
Tennessee and the Civil War By Oliver Perry Temple, pp. 464-465
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