TENNESSEE. 



tional arms were nominally paramount, the 

 guerillas were employed to drive conscripts 

 into the ranks. East Tennessee suffered still 

 more severely, and it is stated that particular 

 care was had to draft into the Confederate 

 ranks those persons who were most conspicu- 

 ous for their devotion to the Union. 



In accordance with the President's order of 

 October 2 1st, Governor Johnson, in the early 

 part of December, issued a proclamation, call- 

 ing for an election of representatives to the 

 37th Congress, to be held on the 29th, in the 

 Ninth and Tenth Districts of Tennessee. The 

 Ninth District embraces the counties of Henry, 

 Weakly. Dyer, Oberon, Lauderdale, Tipton, 

 Gipson, Carroll, and Henderson, and the Tenth 

 includes the counties of Haywood, Madison, 

 Hardeman, Fayette, and Shelby. The gover- 

 nor ends his proclamation with the notice that 

 " no person will be considered an elector qual- 

 ified to vote who, in addition to the other qual- 

 ifications required by law, does not give satis- 

 factory evidence to the judges holding the elec- 

 tion, of his loyalty to the Government of the 

 United St ; 



About the same time, Gov. Johnson published 

 an order assessing the wealthy secessionist 

 of Nashville and the vicinity to the amount of 

 $60,000. for the support of the poor during the 

 winter. 



On the 20th, a body of Confederate horse- 

 men made a raid on the railroad near Jackson, 

 in the western part of the State, burned a long 

 trestle work, and tore up the track for a con- 

 siderable distance. The day following, a small 

 guerilla force entered the suburbs of Memphis, 

 pillaged several shops, and carried off 100 cattle 

 and 180 mules. As the armies of Gens. Bragg 

 and Rosecrans began to prepare for battle, the 

 guerilla raids became more numerous and 

 more destructive ; Nashville was again almost 

 isolated, and the situation of the Union troops, 

 in continual danger of having their supplies 

 cut off, became extremely precarious. Soon 

 after the close of the year, the Chattanooga 

 ' Rebel " published the following from an offi- 

 cial source : 



Gen. Morgan's report of his expedition shows that 

 risoners were paroled, and several hundred of 

 the enemy killed and wounded, and an immense quan- 

 tity of arms and property destroyed. 



Forrest's report shows'l, 500 prisoners taken, 1,000 of 

 the enemy killed and wounded, an immense quantity 

 of arms, ammunition, and stores destroyed, and his 

 whole command splendidly equipped from their cap- 

 tures. 



Our operations at Murfreesboro', including the cap- 

 ture of .",000 prisoners and the capture of , 

 Hartsville and around Nashville, sum up 10,000 pris- 

 oners in less than a month. 



We have also captured and sent to the rear 30 can- 

 non, 60,000 small arms, with 2,000 more in the hands 

 of our troops ; 1,500 wagons destroyed, and the mules 

 and harnesses secured. The enemy's loss in killed 

 and wounded is estimated at 20,000,'including 7 gen- 

 erals. 



The exploits of Cols. Forrest and Morgan 

 referred to in this summary were performed 

 principally in the latter half of December, but 



VOL. IL-49 



TERRITORIES, U. 8. 





the greater part of the figures set down in the 

 subsequent part of the article should be credit- 

 ed to the year 1863. For the inon 

 military movements, and the battles in T< 

 see, see ARMY OPERA-J 



TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STA 

 The Territories of the United States are con- 

 stantly changing their form, by the admission 

 of some of them into the Union as States, and 

 the division and new organization of others in 

 Territorial governments. The third session of 

 the 37th Congress admitted Nevada, hitherto 

 a Territory (organized in 1860), as a State, and 

 organized two new Territories, Idaho, from the 

 eastern part of "Washington Territory, includ- 

 ing the recently discovered gold regions of the 

 Salmon, John Day, and Powder rivers ; and Ar- 

 izona, formerly the southern portion of New 

 Mexico. 



The Territories now existing (April, 1863) 

 are Nebraska, Dakota, Idaho, Washington, 

 Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and the 

 Indian Territory. 



NEBRASKA was organized in 1854, and the 

 vote for its admission into the Union as a State 

 passed one House and was lost by only a few 

 votes in the other, at the second session of the 

 37th Congress. Its capital is Omaha City. Esti- 

 mated area over 100,000 square miles. Popu- 

 lation in 1860, 28,541, besides over 5,000 In- 

 dians. The governor, appointed by the Presi- 

 dent with the advice and consent of the Senate, 

 is Alvin Saunders, whose official residence is 

 at Omaha City. The Territorial secretary is 

 Algernon S. Paddock, also residing at Omaha 

 City. An election was held in the autumn 

 for a delegate from the Territory to Congress, 

 and Samuel G. Daly, republican, the delegate 

 in the 37th Congress, was elected, receiving 



2,333 votes, a majority of 153 over^ 



Kenney, the democratic candidate. Nebraska 

 raised "two regiments of volunteers for the 

 war, and at the time of the Indian invasion 

 in Minnesota in Sept., 1862, a third regiment 

 was called into the field for home service by 

 the acting governor, A. S. Paddock, one of the 

 other regiments from the. Territory being also 

 recalled for that service. There was some doubt 

 whether the new mining region at the base of 

 the Wind River Mountains, and on the head- 

 waters of Grasshopper Creek, concerning which 

 more will be said under Dakota, was not 

 partly within the limits of Nebraska; it is 

 probable at all events that the gold region ex- 

 tends into Nebraska. The new Territory of 

 Idaho takes a long narrow strip from Nebraska, 

 embracing the space between the 42d and 43d 

 degrees of latitude from its western boundary 

 to the 27th degree of west longitude. 



DAKOTA is one of the three Territories or- 

 ganized by the 36th Congress in 1861. Its area 

 is estimated at 325.000 square miles, and its 

 population in 1860 was 44,501, of whom 39,- 

 664 were tribal Indians. Since its organiza- 

 tion it has received a considerable addition to 

 its white population. The capital is Yankton 



