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By reference to your act of the 6th of May, and the army regulations, it will be seen that there are additional nominations yet to be submitted, the number of which it is im- possible for me to determine until it is ascertained, with at least some degree of certainty, the number of troops that it may be necessary to call into active service. I have, there- fore, nominated the heads of departments with such assistants as I considered necessary to the work of immediate organization, leaving the developments of the future to deter- mine the additional appointments it may be proper to make.


Very Respectfully,


ISHAM G. HARRIS.


Later the following appointments were made:


Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:


Under the act of the General Assembly of the 6th of May, 1861, I have made the fol- lowing nominations for the consideration and confirmation of the General Assembly, to wit:


On the 10th instant-Dr. B. W. Avent, surgeon-general, vice Dr. Paul F. Eve, re- signed. On the 10th instant-For surgeon of Col. Preston Smith's regiment, Dr. Emmett Woodward and Dr. Richard Butt, assistant-surgeon. On the 15th instant-For surgcon of Col. J. Knox Walker's regiment, Dr. James D. Lindsay. On the 17th instant-For surgeon of Col. George Maney's regiment, Dr. William Nichol and J. R. Buist, assistant- surgeon. On the 17th instant-For surgeon of Col. John C. Brown's regiment, Dr. Samuel H. Stout. On the 13th instant-For captains of the artillery corps, Arthur N. Rutledge, Marshall T. Polk. William HI. Jackson, Andrew Jackson, Jr. On the 17th in- stant-Reuben Ross, James H. Wilson, Smith P. Bankhead, Robert M. Russell. On the 17th instant-For colonel commandant of the artillery corps, John P. Mccown. For


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lieutenant-colonel, Milton A. Haynes. For major, Alexander P. Stewart. On the 15th instant-For captain of ordnance, Moses H Wright. On the 16th instant-For assistant adjutant-generals, Pallok B. Lee and Adolphus Hieman. On the 15th instant-For as- sistant inspector-general, Henry Wall, vice John C. Brown, declined, Jo. G. Pickett and C. H. Williams. On the 16th instant-For major of engineer corps, B. R. Johnson. For the captains of said corps, W. D. Pickett, Montgomery Lynch and W. A. Forbes. On the 16th instant-For assistant quartermaster-general, Jesse B. Clements, cice Paul- ding Anderson, declined, John L. Sehon, E. Foster Cheatham, James Glover, John W. Eldridge, A. J. Vaughn, John S. Bransford, John S. Hill, A. L. Mcclellan, Nathan Adams, H. T. Massengale, John W. Gorham. Frank M. Paul, S. H. Whitthorne. On the 17th in- stant-For assistant commissary-generals, Frank W. Green, John R. Wood, Daniel P. Cocke, John W. Crisp, O. B. Caldwell, Lee M. Gardner, William C. Bryan, Jerome Rid- ley, William H. Stover, R. H. Williamson, John D. Allen, Albert G. Eiring, G. W. Me- nees, Samuel E. Barbee. The rank of the various appointees will be determined upon the issuance of commissions, after confirmation by the General Assembly. In the meantime they will enter upon the duties of their respective positions as they may be ordered to do by their superior officers.


[L. s.]


In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the State to be affixed at the department at Nashville, this the 18th of May, 1861.


ISHAM G. HARRIS.


By the Governor:


J. E. R. RAY, Secretary of State.


After the passage of the army bill the formation and thorough discipline of regiments for the field rapidly took place. Memphis and Nashville became stirring military centers. Every county seat was a camp. Almost every pursuit was dropped except the popular art of making war. As a result great progress was made, and soon more than the number of volunteers called for were ready, and as fast as they could be supplied with arms were mustered into the provisional army of Ten- nessee. Herculean efforts were made to supply the regiments as fast as possible with arms, and calls were issued by the authorities for guns of any description that could be used with effect- shot-guns, flint-lock and percussion rifles, squirrel and bear guns, pistols, etc. On the 18th of June the Legislature again met, pursuant to the call of the Governor, who, in his message, recommended that, owing to the difficulty of con- verting the bonds ordered issued under the army bill of May 6 into money, three-fifths ($3,000,000) of the amount ($5,000,000) should be issued in treasury notes in lieu of an equivalent amount of such bonds; that the interest on the internal improvement bonds of the State, pay- able in New York, should be made payable at Nashville, Charleston or New Orleans; and that all necessary legislation to regulate the currency of the State should be made. He also submitted a statement of the progress made in placing the State in an attitude of defense. Twenty- one regiments of infantry had been organized and were in the field; ten artillery companies were in progress of completion; enough cavalry companies to form a regiment were also well advanced, and an engineers


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corps was nearly ready for service. Besides these three regiments from the State were with the Confederate Army in Virginia, and a small squad was with the army at Pensacola. In addition. many of the militia regi- ments were as ready for the field as several which had been accepted and mustered in.


In accordance with the provisions of the act of May 6 an election was held throughout the State June 8, for the people to decide upon the question of secession or separation, and the question of representation in the Confederate States Congress, and the adoption of the provisional constitution of the Confederate Government. It was well assured at the start that both "separation " and "representation" would carry by hand- ·some majorities, and this assurance was well sustained as the returns began to come in. The following proclamation by the Governor officially announced the result:


PROCLAMATION.


To all, whom these Presents shall come-Greeting:


WHEREAS, By an act of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, passed on the 6th of May, 1861, an elcetion on the 8th of June, 1861, was held in the several counties of the State in accordance therewith, upon the Ordinance of Separation and Representa- tion; and also, whereas, it appears from the official returns of said election (hereto ap- pended) that the people of the State of Tennessee have in their sovereign will and capac- ity, by an overwhelming majority, cast their votes for "Separation," dissolving all political connection with the late United States Government, and adopted the provisional government of the Confederate States of America:


Now, therefore, I, Isham G. Harris, governor of the State of Tennesse, do "make it known and declare all connection of the State of Tennessee with the Federal Union dis. solved, and that Tennessee is a free, independent government, free from all obligation to, or connection with, the Federal Government of the United States of America.


[L.s.]


In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the State to be affixed at the department in Nashville, on this, the 24th day of June, A. D., 1861.


ISHAM G. HARRIS.


By the Governor:


J. E. R. RAY, Secretary of State.


OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS. EAST TENNESSEE.


COUNTIES. .


Separa- tion.


Repre- sentat'n.


No Sep'n.


No Rep'n.


Anderson


97


97


1,278


1,278


Bledsoe


197


186


500


455


Bradley


507


505


1,382


1,380


Blount.


418


-114


1,766


1,768


Campbell.


59


60


1,000


1,000


Carter


86


86


1,343


1,343


Claiborne


250


246


1,243


1,247


Cocke


518


517


1,185


1,185


Grainger


586


582


1,492


1,489


Greenc.


744


738


2,691


2,702


Hamilton


854


837


1,260


1,271


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COUNTIES.


Separa- i tion.


Repre- sentat'n.


No Sep'n.


No Rep'n.


Hancock.


279


278


630


630


Hawkins.


908


886


1,460


1,463


Jefferson


603


597


1,987


1,990


Johnson


111


111


787


786


Knox.


1,226


1,214


3,196


3,201


McMinn


904


892


1,144


1,152


Marion.


414


413


600


601


Meigs.


481


478


267


268


Monroe.


1,096


1,089


774


775


Morgan


50


50


630


632


Polk.


738


731


317


319


Scott ..


19


19


521


521


Sequatchie.


153


151


100


100


Rhea.


360


336


202


217


Roan


454


436


1,568


1,580


Sevier


60


60


1,528


1,528


Sullivan


1,586


1,576


627


637


Washington


1,022


1,016


1,415


1,444


Totals


14,780


14,601


(32,923


32,962


MIDDLE TENNESSEE.


COUNTIES.


Separa- tion.


Repre- sentat'n.


No Sep'n.


No Rep'n.


Bedford


1,595


1,544


727


537


Cannon .


1,149


1,145


127


118


Cheatham


702


697


55


59


Coffee


1,276


1,268


26


28


Davidson.


5,635


5,572


402


441


DeKalb


833


823


642


655


Dickson.


1,141


1,133


72


75


Fentress


128


120


651


657


Franklin .


1,652


1,650


0


1


Giles .


2,458


2,464


11


5


Grundy


528


528


9


9


Hardin


498


493


1,051


1,053


Hickman


1,400


1,400


3


3


Humphreys


1,042


1,042


0


0


Jackson


1,483


1,480


714


710


Lawrence.


1,124


1,122


75


6-1


Lewis


223


216


14


17


Lincoln


2,912


2,892


0


9


Macon.


447


446


697


697


Marshall.


1,642


1,638


101


104


Maury.


2,731


2,693


58


Montgomery


2,631


2,630


33


29


Overton


1,471


1,471


364


365


Robertson.


3,839


3,835


17


12


Rutherford.


2,392


2,377


73


93


Smith.


1,249


1,247


676


675


Stewart.


1,839


1,839


99


73


Sumner.


6,465


6,441


69


82


Van Buren.


308


308


13


13


Warren.


1,419


1,400


12


15


Wayne


409


361


905


905


White.


1,370


1,367


121


121


Williamson


1,945


1,918


28


35


Wilson.


2,399


2,298


353


361


Totals


58,265


57,858


8,298


8,998


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WEST TENNESSEE.


COUNTIES.


Separa- tion.


Repre- sentat'n.


No Sep'n.


No Rep'n.


Benton.


798


796


228


226


Carroll.


967


953


1,349


1,351


Decatur


310


293


550


537


Dyer


811


779


116


133


Fayette


1,364


1,364


23


23


Gibson


1,999


1,954


286


219


Hardeman.


1,526


1,508


29


50


Haywood.


930


924


139


143


Henderson.


801


790


1,013


1,013


Henry .


1,746


1,734


317


317


Lauderdale.


763


759


7


0


McNairy


1,318


1,365


586


591


Madison.


2,751


2,751-


20


21


Obion


2,996


2,957


64


8S


Perry


780


779


168


169


Shelby


7,132


7,127


5


5


Tipton


943


941


16


18


Weakley.


1,189


1,189


1,201


1,200


Totals


29,127


28,962


6,117


6,114


MILITARY CAMPS.


CAMPS.


Separa- tion.


Repre- sentat'n.


No Sep'n.


No Rep'n.


Camp Davis, Va.


506


506


00


00


Camp Duncan, Tenn


111


111


00


00


Harper's Ferry, Va.


575


575


00


00


Fort Pickens, Fla ..


737


737


00


00


Fort Harris, Tenn.


159


159


00


00


Camp De Soto, Tenn


15


15


00


00


Hermitage Camp, Va.


16


16


00


00


Camp Jackson, Va ..


622


622


00


00


Fort Randolph, Tenn.


3,598


3,598


00


00


Total


6,339


6,339


00


00


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AGGREGATES.


DIVISIONS.


Separa- tion.


Repre- sentation.


No Sep'n.


No Rep'n.


East Tennessee ..


14,780


14,601


32,923


32,962


Middle Tennessee


58,265


57,858


8,298


8,998


West Tennessee .


29,127


28,962


6,117


6,114


Military Camps .


6,339


6,339


0,000


0,000


108,511


107,760


47,338


47,374


47,338


47.374


Majorities


61,173


60,386


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The Confederate Congress had, May 17, anticipated the action of Tennessee in separating herself from the Federal Government, and had,


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before adjournment, and before the result of the election of June 8 be- came known, passed the following act:


AN ACT TO ADMIT THE STATE OF TENNESSEE INTO THE CONFEDERACY. ON A CERTAIN CONDITION.


The State of Tennessee having adopted measures looking to an early withdrawal front the United States, and to becoming, in the future, a member of this Confederacy, which measures may not be consummated before the approaching recess of Congress; therefore,


The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the State of Tennes- see shall be admitted a member of the Confederate States of America, upon an equal foot- ing with the other States, under the constitution for the provisional government of the same, upon the condition that the said constitution for the provisional government of the Confederate States shall be adopted and ratified by the properly and legally consti- tuted authorities of said State, and the governor of said State shall transmit to the Presi- dent of the Confederate States, before the reassembling of Congress after the recess aforesaid, an authentie copy of the proceedings touching said adoption and ratification by said State of said provisional constitution; upon the receipt whereof, the President, by proclamation, shall announce the faet, whereupon and without any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of said State of Tennessee into the Confederacy, under said Constitution for the provisional government of the Confederate States, shall be considered as complete; and the laws of this Confederacy shall be thereby extended over said State as fully and completely as over the States now composing the same.


HOWELL COBB, President of the Congress.


Approved May 17, 1861.


JEFFERSON DAVIS.


The following was the provisional government of the Confederate States of America: Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, president; Alex- ander H. Stephens, of Georgia, vice-president. Cabinet Officers: Robert Toombs, of Georgia, secretary of state; C. G. Memminger, of South Carolina, secretary of the treasury ; L. P. Walker, of Alabama, secretary of war; S. B. Mallory, of Florida, secretary of navy; J. H. Reagan, of Texas, postmaster-general ; J. P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, attorney- general. Congress: Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, president; J. J. Hooper, of Alabama, secretary. Standing Committees: Executive De- partment-Stephens, Conrad, Boyce, Shorter, Brooke; Foreign Affairs -- Rhett, Nisbet, Perkins, Walker, Keitt; Military Affairs-Bartow, Miles, Sparrow, Kenan, Anderson; Naval Affairs-Conrad, Chestnut, Smith, Wright, Owens; Finance-Toombs, Barnwell, Kenner, Barry, McRae; Commerce-Memminger, Crawford, DeClouet, Morton, Curry; Judiciary -Clayton, Withers, Hale, Cobb, Harris; Postal-Chilton, Boyce, Hill, Harris, Curry; Patents-Brooke, Wilson, Lewis, Hill, Kenner; Territo- ries-Chestnut, Campbell, Marshall, Nisbet, Fearne; Public Lands -- Marshall, Harris, Fearne; Indian Affairs-Morton, Hale, Sparrow, Lewis, Keitt; Printing-Cobb, Harris, Miles, Chilton, Perkins; Accounts- Owens, Crawford, Campbell, DeClouet, Smith; Engrossment-Shorter, Wilson, Kenan, McRae, Bartow.


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sooner been made by the Legislature than the assignment of officers to their commands was officially announced. Prior to this, on the 25th of April, Gov. Harris had directed Gen. S. R. Anderson to proceed to Memphis to organize the various volunteer forces at that point and throughout West Tennessee. He remained at Memphis, engaged in active and valuable military work, until about May 3, when he trans- ferred the completion of the organizations there to Gen. J. L. T. Sneed and returned to Nashville. On the 3d of May ten companies at Nash- ville were mustered into the State service and became the First Tennessee Regiment, commanded by Col. George Maney. About the same time another regiment, which became the First Confederate Tennessee, was organized at Winchester, with Peter Turney, colonel. By the 5th of the same month 171 companies had reported themselves ready for the field . to the adjutant-general. On the 9th of May Gov. Harris appointed his staff as follows: James W. McHenry, adjutant-general; David R. Smith, quartermaster-general; John H. Crozier, inspector-general; Jolm V. Wright, first aide-de-camp; : Preston Smith, second aide-de-camp; Gideon J. Pillow, senior major-general, was placed in command of the provisional army of the State, with headquarters at Memphis. Samuel R. Anderson, junior major-general, was assigned to the command of the Department of Middle Tennessee, with headquarters at Nashville, and, May 14, appointed William A. Quarles and Granville P. Smith his aides- de-camp and W. C. Whitthorne, his assistant adjutant-general. On the 17th Brig .- Gen. R. C. Foster, by order of Gen. Anderson, took command of the forces at Camp Cheatham, Robertson County, and about the same time Brig .- Gen. F. K. Zollicoffer was assigned to the command of the militia at Camp Trousdale, Sumner County, and Brig .- Gen. W. R. Caswell to the command of the forces of East Tennessee with head- quarters at Knoxville. Gen. B. F. Cheatham was assigned to command at Union City, and Gen. John L. T. Sneed at Randolph. The military and financial board appointed by the governor under the army bill consisted of Neill S. Brown, William G. Harding and James E. Bailey. Gov. Harris was ex-officio a member of this board. The members were appointed immediately after the passage of the army bill, and soon had established in active working order all the military departments created by that instrument. Although no formal call was issued by the gover- nor for troops until June 21, the rapid mustering of militia for the pro- visional army and the concentration at important points and along the northern boundary of the State, were steadily, yet informally, pursued by virtue of the popular belief that the State was in imminent danger of invasion. May 19 the Nashville Patriot stated that up to that date about


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25,000 volunteers had been tendered the governor. On the 20th of May Gen. Pillow at Memphis ordered reprisals taken of Northern prop- erty passing that city on the river, railroads or otherwise, and required all vessels and shipments to be examined with the view of ascertaining the ownership of cargoes, etc. About May 22 Gen. Zollicoffer succeeded in securing, via Chattanooga, several thousand stands of arms from the Confederate Government. Two days later news was received at Mem- phis that 15,000 Federal troops were on the eve of departing down the river from Cairo to capture and sack the former city, which report occasioned great bustle and excitement. By the 25th of May about 17,000 stands of arms had been received by the State authorities from the Confederate Government. Three days later several six-pound cannons, which had been manufactured by Ellis & Moore, Nashville, were tested and found serviceable. By the 29th there were encamped at Knoxville between twenty-five and thirty companies, and from them Col. Church- well's regiment had been organized. Eight or ten companies had been rendezvoused at Chattanooga and vicinity and were encamped there ready for service. Late in May the county court at Memphis appropri- > ated $12 for the wife and $6 for each child, per month, of each volunteer who should enter the Confederate service. At this time Whitfield, Bradley & Co., of Clarksville, were making serviceable cannon. At the election of June 8 Tennessee troops to the number of 737 polled their votes for "separation" at Pensacola, Fla.


Early in June much had been done with the means at hand, to place the State in an attitude of defense. Five or six batteries were posted along the Mississippi River, from Memphis to the Kentucky line, commanding the leading strategic points, and consisting of mortars, columbiads and twenty- four and thirty-two pounders, and were manned by a corps of ten fairly well organized companies of Tennessee artillery, under the command of Cols. J. P. Mccown and M. A. Haynes. About 15,000 volunteers were concentrated at Memphis, Jackson and other principal points in West Tennessee, and were under the command of Maj .- Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, . of the provisional army. Considerable action had been taken to pre- pare defenses along or near the northern boundary of the State, to be in readiness for any invasion from the North. The importance of construct- ing fortifications along the Tennessee and the Cumberland Rivers, as well as along the Mississippi, had been seriously considered, and energetic steps had been taken in that direction. The concentration of Federal forces at Cairo, Ill., late in April, had aroused the apprehension of the authorities of the State and of the Confederate Government, that an ad- vance of the enemy was contemplated down the Mississippi, and doubt-


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lessly up the Tennessee and the Cumberland Rivers. It was deemed im- portant to have the militia in such a state of readiness that it could be. called into the field at a moment's warning, and Gov. Harris, June 21. issued General Order, No. 1, to that effect. June 3 Gen. Anderson, in command of the Department of Middle Tennessee, called for 2,000 rifle- men, the companies to furnish their own rifles, and for five companies of cavalry, all to furnish their own double-barreled shot-guns. June 1 the Confederate law which prohibited the exportation of cotton, except through Southern ports, came into operation, and Gen. Pillow, commander at Memphis, ordered that none should be sent North through Tennessee or out of Tennessee. Pursuant to the provisions of the army bill, home guards were organized, and a committee of safety appointed in al- most every county of the State. Early in June the city authorities of Memphis had, at their own expense, purchased commissary, quarter- master and ordnance stores and armament for fortifications along the Mississippi, and an agent was appointed by the Legislature to settle with them for such expense. The strategic importance of the location of Mem- phis was early recognized by the authorities of that city, who received great praise for their prompt action to secure control of the Mississippi. Early in June a force of about 8,000 Mississippians, under the command of Maj .- Gen. Clark, passed northward through West Tennessee, to co- operate with the latter State against the threatened advance southward of the Federals from Cairo.


On the 27th of June the military bill was amended. The bonds to be issued under the act of May 6, were exempted from taxation, and fur- ther an ample provision was made for the organization, equipment and discipline of volunteers and militia. Provision was made for the support of the families of such volunteers as should become insane in the service; and all moneys or property owing by citizens of the State to citizens of any non-slave-holding State were declared non-collectable during hostil- ities between Tennessee and the Federal Government; that such moneys could be paid into the State treasury and upon the cessation of hostilities should be refunded with interest. It was enacted, June 27, that treasury notes to the amount- of $3,000,000, in whole or in part, in lieu of the $3,000,000 of the bonds authorized to be issued under the act of May 6, should be circulated, and that such notes should bear interest not to ex- ceed 6 per centum. July 1, it was made lawful for the banks of the State to receive and pay out the treasury notes of the Confederate Government. and State officers were required to receive such notes in payment of money due the State. Banks were required to increase their circulation, to withold dividends due stockholders in non-slave-holding States while the


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HISTORY OF TENNESSEE.


war continued; and it was made unlawful to pay either interest or principal of the bonds of the State held by citizens in non-slave-holding States un- til the war should cease; or for bank officers to remove the assets of stockholders of non-slave-holding States from Tennessee. These provis- ions were deemed necessary in view of the probable future scarcity of money to carry on civil and military affairs. The authorities were not unmindful of the trials and tribulations of their Revolutionary fathers, and made care- ful estimates of chances to carry the State safely through the storm of war. June 28 it was enacted that the authorities of Giles County might assess and collect a tax for the manufacture of fire-arms, gunpowder and other munitions of war. June 28 the inspector of the State penitentiary was authorized to borrow of the State bank $10,000, to be used in the purchase of material for making shoes, hats and army accoutrements. June 29 it- was "resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee that the governor be authorized and requested to place at the disposal of the Confederate States the volunteer forces of the State of Tennessee, the same to be mustered into the service of said States subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the Confederate authorities for the govern- ment of the Confederate Army; and that in making the arrangements therefore we shall have in view the placing of the defense of the State under the immediate control. an ddirection of the President of the Con- federate States."


Within a few weeks after the formation of militia companies had commenced, the women of the State organized in all the leading cities to secure contributions of all kinds of supplies for camp, field and hospital. By the 19th of June the society at Nashville, comprising 231 ladies, had collected and sent to camp 4,745 pieces of wearing apparel, etc. Organ- izations at Memphis had done nearly as well. During the early months of the war the societies were often reorganized, and the result of their la- bors was highly appreciated by the sweltering militia in the various hot and uncomfortable camps. August 12 the State Soldier's Aid Society was formed at Nashville, with branches throughout Middle Tennesseee. From that date until October 1 the society sent to the various camps over fifty large boxes of supplies of all descriptions, and collected in cash $1,834.20. Nashville, Clarksville, Franklin, Pulaski, Columbia, Mur- freesboro, Springfield, Harpeth and other cities donated the money and supplies. Mrs. F. G. Porter, of Nashville, was president of the State Society. A flourishing society at Memphis accomplished almost as much good as the one at Nashville. August 22 Gov. Harris issued a procla- mation to the women of the State to permanently organize for the cold weather, which had the happy effect of multiplying the societies in all




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