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SEC. 39. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of aiding in supplying the State with arms for the public defense, that the art of January 30. 1861. incorporating the Mem- phis Arms Company, be and the same is hereby confirmed, and the corporators declared to be entitled to exercise all the rights and privileges intended to be given by said act: and it is further enacted, that M. Clusky, John Overton, Robert C. Brinkley, Sam. Tate, M. J. Wicks, Roberson Topp, William R. Hunt, Fred. W. Smith, J. E. R. Ray. Moses White and Ed. Munford be added to the list of corporators.
SEC. 40. Be it further enacted. That the governor and all other authorities having ·charge of finances in the movement contemplated by this act shall make full reports to
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the General Assembly of the State to the amount expended, as well as the various pur- poses for which such expenditures may have been made.
SEC. 41. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage.
W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
B. R. STOVALL, Speaker of the Senate
Passed May 6, 1861.
A true copy. J. E. R. RAY, Secretary of State.
On the 7th of May the following message was communicated to the Legislature:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, NASHVILLE, May 7, 1861. Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:
By virtue of the authority of your joint resolution, adopted on the 1st day of May. inst., I appointed Gustavus A. Henry, of the county of Montgomery; Archibald W. O Totten, of the county of Madison, and Washington Barrow, of the county of Davidson. "commissioners on the part of Tennessee, to enter into a military league with the authori- ties of the Confederate States, and with the authorities of such other slave-holding States as may wish to enter into it; having in view the protection and defense of the entire South against the war that is now being carried on against it."
The said commissioners met the Hon. Henry W. Hilliard, the accredited representa tive of the Confederate States, at Nashville, on this day, and have agreed upon and ex- ecuted a military league between the State of Tennessee and the Confederate States of America, subject, however, to the ratification of the two governments, one of the dupli- cate originals of which I herewith transmit for your ratification or rejection. For many cogent and obvious reasons, unnecessary to be rehearsed to you, I respectfully recommend the ratification of this League at the earliest practicable moment.
Very Respectfully. ISHAM G. HARRIS.
CONVENTION BETWEEN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
The State of Tennessee, looking to a speedy admission into the Confederacy estab- lished by the Confederate States of America, in accordance with the Constitution for the provisional government of said States, enters into the following temporary convention. agreement and military league with the Confederate States, for the purpose of meeting pressing exigencies affecting the common rights, interests and safety of said States and said Confederacy. First, until the said State shall become a member of said Confederacy. according to the constitution of both powers, the whole military force and military oper- ations, offensive and defensive, of said State, in the impending conflict with the United States, shall be under the chief control and direction of the President of the Confederate States, upon the same basis, principles and footing as if said State was now, and during the interval, a member of said Confederacy, said force, together with that of the Confed. erate States, to be employed for the common defense. Second, the State of Tennessee will, upon becoming a member of said Confederacy under the permanent constitution of said Confederate States, if the same shall occur, turn over to said Confederate States all the public property acquired from the United States, on the same terms and in the same manner as the other States of said Confederacy have done in like cases. Third, what- ever expenditures of money, if any, the said State of Tennessee shall make before she becomes a member of said Confederacy, shall be met and provided for by the Confed. erate States. This convention entered into and agreed in the city of Nashville. Tennes- sce, on the seventh day of May, A. D. 1801. by Heury W. Hilliard, the duly authorized commissioner to act in the matter of the Confederate States, and Gustavus A. Henry.
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Archibald W. O. Totten and Washington Barrow, commissioners duly authorized to act in like manner for the State of Tennessee, the whole subject to the approval and rati- fication of the proper authorities of both governments, respectively.
In testimony whereof the parties aforesaid have herewith set their hands and seals, the day and year aforesaid; duplicate originals.
[SEAL. ] HENRY W. HILLIARD, Commissioner for the Confederate States of America.
[SEAL. ] GUSTAVUS A. HENRY,
[SEAL. ] A. W. O. TOTTEN, [SEAL. ] WASHINGTON BARROW, Commissioners on the Part of Tennessee.
Immediately upon receiving the report of the commissioners the Legislature passed the following joint resolution:
WHEREAS, A military league, offensive and defensive, was formed on this the 7th of May, 1861, by and between A. W. O. Totten, Gustavus A. Henry and Washington Barrow, commissioners on the part of the State of Tennessee, and H. W. Hilliard, commissioner on the part of the Confederate States of America, subject to the confirmation of the two governments;
Be it therefore resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That said league be in all respects ratified and confirmed; and the said General Assembly hereby pledges the faith and honor of the State of Tennessee to the faithful observance of the terms and conditions of said league.
The following is the vote in the Senate on the adoption of the league: Ayes: Messrs. Allen, Horn, Hunter, Johnson, Lane, Minnis, Mcclellan, McNeilly, Payne, Peters, Stanton, Thompson, Wood and Speaker Stovall ---- 14. Nays: Messrs. Boyd, Bradford, Hildreth, Nash, Richardson and Stokes-6. Absent and not voting: Messrs. Bumpass, Mickley, New- man, Stokely and Trimble -- 5.
The following is the vote in the House: Ayes: Messrs. Baker, of Perry; Baker, of Weakley; Bayless, Bicknell, Bledsoe, Cheatham, Cow- den, Davidson, Davis, Dudley, Ewing, Farley, Farrelly, Ford, Frazier. Gantt, Guy, Havron, Hurt, Ingram, Jones, Kenner, Kennedy, Lea, Lock- hart, Martin, Mayfield, McCabe, Morphies, Nall, Pickett, Porter, Rich- ardson, Roberts, Sheid, Smith, Sowell, Trevitt, Vaughn, Whitmore. Woods and Speaker Whitthorne-42. Nays: Messrs. Armstrong, Bra- zelton, Butler, Caldwell, Gorman, Greene, Morris, Norman, Russell, Sen- ter, Strewsbury, White, of Davidson; Williams, of Knox; Wisener and Woodward-15. Absent and not voting: Messrs. Barksdale, Beaty. Bennett, Britton. Critz, Doak, East, Gillespie, Harris, Hebb, Johnson. Kincaid, of Anderson; Kincaid, of Claiborne; Trewhitt; White, of Dick- son; Williams. of Franklin; Williams, of Hickman, and Williamson-15.
The action of the Legislature in passing the ordinance of secession. in adopting the provisional constitution of the Confederacy, in passing the army bill and in ratifying the league between Tennessee and the Confederate Government, all subject to adoption or rejection by the peo- ple of the State, and all done amid great excitement within a few days.
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met the heartiest and wildest reception from all portions of the State. The only opposition encountered was in East Tennessee: but the Gov- ernor, as commander-in-chief of the provisional army. determined to occupy that portion of the State immediately with troops in the hope of subjecting it to the Confederate cause. As soon as possible, by virtue of the authority vested in him by the army bill, he made the following military appointments, all of which were ratified by the General As- sembly:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, NASHVILLE, May 9, 1861.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:
I have nominated and herewith submit for your confirmation the following gentlemen:
For major-generals, Gideon J. Pillow, Samuel R. Anderson. For brigadier-generals, Felix K. Zollicoffer, Benjamin F. Cheatham, Robert C. Foster, third; John L. T. Sneed, W. R. Caswell. For adjutant-general, Daniel S. Donelson. For inspector-general, William H. Carroll. For quarter-master general, Vernon K. Stevenson. For commis- sary-general, R. G. Fain. For paymaster-general, William Williams. For surgeon- general, Dr. Paul F. Eve. For assistant surgeon-generals, Dr. Joseph C. Newnan, Dr. John D. Winston. For assistant adjutant-generals, W. C. Whitthorne, James D. Porter, Jr., Hiram S. Bradford, D. M. Key. For assistant inspector-generals, J. W. Gillespie, James L. Scudder, John C. Brown, Alexander W. Campbell. For assistant quartermas- ter-generals, Paulding Anderson, George W. Cunningham, Samuel T. Bicknell. George W. Fisher, Thomas L. Marshall, Thomas Peters. John G. Finnie, W. P. Davis, J. H. Mc- Mahon. For assistant commissary-generals, Calvin M. Fackler, John L. Brown, Miles Draughn, Madison Stratton, James S. Patton, W. W. Guy, P. T. Glass. For assistant paymaster-generals. Claiborne Deloach, William B. Reese, Jr., Thomas Boyers. For lieutenant-colonel of artillery. John P. McCown. For military and financial board, Neill S. Brown, James E. Bailey, William G. Harding.
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 surgeon 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 H. 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. McCowu. For
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lieutenant-colonel, Milton A. Haynes. For major, Alexander P. Stewart. On the 15th instant -- For captain of ordnance, Moses HI 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. Il. 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, rie, 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. Mo- 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 13th 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 fieldd: te" artillery companies were in progress of completion; enough cavali. 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 election 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
414
1.766
1,788
Campbell.
59
60
1,000
1,000
Carter
56
86
1,343
1,343
Claiborne
250
246
1.243
1,247
Cocke .
518
517
1,185
1,195
Grainger
586
532
1.492
1.459
Greene.
744
738
2,691
2.702
Hamilton
854
837
1,260
1,271
.. . . .
.
.
.
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COUNTIES.
Separa- tion.
Repre- sentar'n.
Sep'u.
Rep u.
Hancock.
279
630
630
Hawkins.
908
886
1,460
1.463
Jefferson
603
597
1.987
1.900
Johnson
111
111
Knox.
1,226
1,211
3,196
3.201
McMinn
904
892
1.1-4-4
1.152
Marion.
414
413
600
601
Meigs.
481
478
267
203
Monroe.
1,096
1,099
Morgan.
50
50
630
€32
Polk.
738
781
317
319
Scott ..
19
19
521
521
Sequatchie.
153
151
100
100
Rhea ..
360
336
202
217
Roane.
454
436
1,568
1.590
Sevier.
60
60
1,528
1,598
Sullivan
1.586
1,576
627
637
Washington.
1,022
1,016
1.445
1.44
Totals.
14,780
14,601
32,923
39 962
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
COUNTIES.
Separa- tion.
Repre- sentat'n.
NO Sep'n.
Pop'n
Bedford
1,595
1,541
727
:37
C'annon
1,149
1,145
197
118
Cheatham
702
697
55
59
Coffee.
1,976
1,263
26
28
Davidson.
5,635
5,572
102
441
DeKalb
833
823
643
655
Dickson.
1,141
1,133
72
:5
Fentress
128
120
651
Franklin
1,652
1,650
0
1
Giles .
2,458
2,464
11
Grundy
528
528
9
9
Hardin
498
493
1,051
1,052
Hickman
1,400
1,400
3
0
Jackson.
1,483
1,480
714
710
Lawrence.
1,124
1,122
14
17
Lincoln.
2,912
2,892
0
Macon.
447
446
697
697
Marshall
1,642
1,638
101
104
Maury.
2,731
2,693
59
29
Overton
1.471
1,471
364
365
Robertson
3,839
3,835
17
12
Rutherford.
2,399
2,377
73
93
Smith.
1.249
1,247
676
625
Stewart.
1,839
1,839
99
13
Sumner.
6,465
6,411
69
SO
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
Wilson.
2,399
2,298
353
361
Totals
58.265
57,858
S.298
8,2003
Humphreys
1,042
1,042
0
64
Lewis
223
216
Montgomery.
2.631
2,630
.
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WEST TENNESSEE.
COUNTIES.
Separa- tion.
Repre- sentat'n.
No Sep'n.
No Rep'n.
Benton.
798
796
226
Carroll.
967
952
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
20
50
Hay wood.
930
921
139
143
Henderson
801
1,013
1,013
Henry
1,746
1,734
317
317
Lauderdale.
763
,59
7
0
McNairy
1,31S
1,365
586
591
Madison
2,734
2,751
20
21
Obion.
2,996
2,957
64
SS
Perry
:80
779
168
169
Shelby
7,132
7,127
5
5
Tipton
943
941
16
15
Weakley
1,189
1,183
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
no
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
-
-
Total
6,339
6,339
00
00
*Reported.
AGGREGATES.
DIVISIONS.
Separa- tion.
Repre- sentation.
No Sep'n.
No Rep'a.
East Tennessee
14,780
14.601
32,923
32.962
Middle Tennessee
58,265
57,858
8,298
8,208
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
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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 S be- came known, passed the following act:
AX 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 from 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 Ternes- sce 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 authentic 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 fact, 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.
The ratification of the governor's military appointments had no
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HISTORY OF TENNESSEE.
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. MeHenry, adjutant-general; David R. Smith, quartermaster-general; John H. Crozier, inspector-general; John 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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