▁finally ▁surrender ed . ▁The ▁stock ade ▁was ▁burn ed , ▁and ▁the ▁conv ict s ▁were ▁put ▁on ▁a ▁train ▁and ▁sent ▁to ▁Nash ville . ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁day , ▁milit ia ▁commander ▁K eller ▁Anderson ▁was ▁captured ▁at ▁Co al ▁Creek , ▁and ▁the ▁min ers ▁ordered ▁Fort ▁Anderson ' s ▁second - in - command , ▁Lieutenant ▁Perry ▁F y ffe , ▁to ▁surrender . ▁ ▁After ▁F y ffe ▁refused , ▁the ▁min ers ▁charged ▁the ▁fort , ▁killing ▁two ▁milit iam en , ▁but ▁failing ▁to ▁capture ▁the ▁position . ▁ ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁this ▁latest ▁u pr ising , ▁Governor ▁Buch an an ▁dispatch ed ▁ 5 8 3 ▁milit iam en ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁General ▁Samuel ▁T . ▁Car nes ▁to ▁East ▁Tennessee . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁ordered ▁sh er iffs ▁of ▁affected ▁count ies ▁to ▁form ▁poss es . ▁ ▁Most ▁county ▁sh er iffs — ▁including ▁the ▁Anderson ▁and ▁Morgan ▁sh er iffs — ▁ignored ▁this ▁order ▁or ▁made ▁lack l uster ▁attempts ▁to ▁execute ▁it , ▁although ▁several ▁dozen ▁volunte ers ▁were ▁am ass ed ▁in ▁the ▁Nash ville , ▁Ch att ano oga , ▁and ▁Kno x ville ▁areas . ▁ ▁A ▁group ▁of ▁Kno x ville ▁volunte ers ▁march ed ▁to ▁rel ieve ▁the ▁bes ie ged ▁Fort ▁Anderson , ▁but ▁as ▁they ▁desc ended ▁Wal den ▁R idge , ▁they ▁were ▁amb ushed ▁by ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁min ers , ▁killing ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁volunte ers ▁and ▁sending