He saw no escape for East Tennessee until after our victory at Chattanooga.

Even then he was afraid that Burnside might be out of ammunition, in a starving condition, or overpowered: and his anxiety was still intense until he heard that Longstreet had been driven from the field.
Burnside followed Longstreet only to Strawberry Plains, some twenty miles or more east, and then stopped, believing that Longstreet would leave the State.

The latter did not do so, however, but stopped only a short distance farther on and subsisted his army for the entire winter off East Tennessee.

Foster now relieved Burnside.

Sherman made disposition of his troops along the Tennessee River in accordance with instructions.