Holston River

I'd follow that to the Holston River, here on the map.

A Place Called Freedom Follett, Ken 1995

However, there was still no sign of the fugitives when he reached the Holston River at dusk.

A Place Called Freedom Follett, Ken 1995

The enemy had fortified a position at Bean's Station, in a narrow valley between the Holston River and the Clinch Mountains, the valley being about two miles in breadth.

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

The divisions of White and Hascall, of the Twenty-third Corps, occupied the ground between this point and the Holston River, on the northeast side of the town, with their artillery in position on Temperance and

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 Various

Law, with two brigades of Jenkins 'Division and a battery of our best artillery, crossed the Holston River and took possession of some heights that were thought to command the city on the south side.

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

At noon, the enemy's advance was only a mile or two distant; and four companies of the Thirty-sixth Massachusetts -- A, B, D, G-- were thrown out as skirmishers, -- the line extending from the Holston River to the

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 Various

These batteries were supported by Ferrero's division of the Ninth Corps, his line extending from the Holston River on the left to the point where the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad crosses the creek mentioned above as Second Creek.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 Various

Burnside had stretched a boom across the Holston River to catch scows and flats as they floated down.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

The fort at Watauga was at once put into a state of efficient defence, smaller forts were erected in the centre of every scattered settlement, and a larger one was built on the frontier, near the confluence of the north and south forks of the Holston River, to protect the more remote settlements.

Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Various

Sycamore Shoals on the Watauga, a tributary of the Holston River.

Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945