<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville_Campaign" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Knoxville Campaign">Siege of Knoxville</a> begins: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> forces led by General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Longstreet" id="mwkA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="James Longstreet">James Longstreet</a> place <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville, Tennessee</a>, under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege">siege</a>.