TENNESSEE. 





units of all its enemies; thai I *m an active friend of the 

 Government of the United States, and the enemj of th so- 

 called Confederate State j : tint I ardently desire the suppres- 

 sion of the present rebellion against the Government or the 

 United States : that I sincere! v rejoice in the triumph of the 

 armies and niries of the United States and in the defect and 

 overthrow of the armies, navies, and all armed combinations 

 in the interest of the so-called Confederate States ; that I win 



rebels In arms, until the Constitution of the United States 

 and all laws and proclamations made in pursuance thereof 

 shall be established over all the people of every State and 

 Territory embraced within the National Union; and that I 

 will heartily aid and assist the loyal people in whatever meas- 

 ures mav be a<io;.:e-l for ;h~ attainmoE-. of th-.-.*- en'!: in-1 

 farther, that I take this oath freely and voluntarily and with- 

 out mental reservation. So help me God. - 



Boohed, That the returns of this election shall be 

 made to the Secretary of State, and that the result 

 be declared by the proclamation of the acting Gov- 

 ernor. 



Setolted, That the Convention do nominate and 

 offer to the people a candidate for Governor, and 

 that the delegates from the several Senatorial and 

 Representative districts be requested to nominate 

 and present to the Convention candidates for their 

 respjeetive districts, to be placed upon the general 

 Legislative ticket. Provided, that nothing in this 

 .tion shall be construed to prevent the people 

 in the different counties making nominations for can- 

 didates for the Legislature. 



The Convention then nominated W. G. 

 Brownlow for Governor, and Senators and 

 Representatives of the Legislature, and persons 

 to hold the elections ia the different counties. 

 It then adjourned. 



The vote on the proceedings of the Conven- 

 tion was taken on February _ " . In 



. 15 counties, the vote for 



:or rejection 9 ; in Middle 

 Tennessee, in 21 counties the vote for ratifi- 

 cation was 11.377, for rejection 37; in Shelby 

 County. West Tennessee, the vote for ratifi- 

 : for rejection 2. The vote of 

 the Tennessee troops was. for ratification 

 for rejection 0. Total for ratification 2 " 

 do. for rejection 48. 



The vote of the State at the Presidential 

 election in 1860 was 145.333. The vote of the 

 State on the election of delegates to the S 

 . ntion in 1 - follows : 



East Tennessee ............. SXSflS.. 



Middle Tennessee. .......... :- 



West Tennessee ........ 



&1.<3 i4.T4'j 



Union majority li 



A proclamation was issued by Gov. Johnson 

 declaring the amendments to the Constitution 

 to be ratified. An election was subsequently 

 held for Governor and members of the L- _ 

 ture, on a general ticket and carried without 

 opposition. W. G. Brownlow was chosen Gov- 

 ernor. The subsequent events belong to the 

 record of 1865. 



The military operations in the State were 

 confined to raids by the enemy with the excep- 

 tion of the advance of Gen. Hood upon 2 



(See AEHT OPERATIONS.) The distress 



of the inhabitants, especially in East Tennessee, 



became most severe. It \ras stated, in an ad- 



:o President Lincoln, that of a voting pop- 



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ulation of 35,000 Union men in East Tennessee, 

 15,000 to 18,000 had stolen away from home 

 and enlisted in the Union army in Kentucky; 

 that the enemy in 1861 took 60.000 hog-?, and 

 other stock in proportion; that Burnside'a, 

 Sherman's, and Longstre-et's armies had ex- 

 hausted the remaining supplies ; that probably 

 not five per cent, of the usual breadth of wheat 

 could be sown in the spring of 1864, as the 

 fences had been destroyed and the farms left 

 desolate. Even the supply of seed for the com- 

 mon products of farms was gone. Contribu- 

 tions were sent by the Northern people to aid 

 the suffer 



The permanent Federal military posts were 

 at Memphis and Gallatin in West Tennessee, 

 -.ille and Murfreesboro in Middle Ten- 

 nessee, and Knoxville in East Tennessee. In 

 the vicinity of these posts detachments were 

 also stationed. At the commencement of the 

 year the Confederate General Longstreet held 

 a line in East Tennessee extending from Straw- 

 berry Plains to Seviervflle, and numerous skir- 

 mishes took place between the hostile forces 

 before Longstreet withdrew to Virginia. The 

 attack on Fort Pillow, in West Tennessee, and 

 the raid of Gen. Forrest at that time, are stated 

 under the title of AEMT OPERATICSS ; also the 

 defeat of Gen. Sturgis in his march from Mem- 

 phis toward Mississippi. In August East Ten- 

 nessee was invaded by Wheeler, and much dam- 

 age was caused in the destruction of the rail- 

 road, burning of bridges and depots. On Sept. 

 4th Gen. Gillem surprised and defeated the small 

 force of the guerrilla John Morgan at Green- 

 ville, in East Tennessee. Morgan had sought 

 r the night at a private house, 

 when the occupant, Mrs. Williams, the wife of 

 a member of Gen. Burnside's staff, informed 

 the Federal forces, a number of whom arrived 

 in season to slay him as he attempted to escape 

 from the house. Gen. Gillem took about sev- 

 enty-five prisoners. The important military 

 movements in E; ;ar the c! 



the year, win be found under AEVY OPEEA- 

 In Middle Tennessee, early in Se: 

 '"heeler appeared with his force, con- 



1 thousand horsemen aa*! 

 eral sections of artillery. His advance came 

 within the neighborhood of Murfreesboro. 

 half the railroad between that post and 

 Nashville was destroyed. This expedition was 

 soon followed by another under Gen. For 

 which came near Tullahoma, and destroyed a 

 few miles of the railroad and c;:~ _-.-aph 



wires in several places. The raid of the enemy, 

 however, was a success. Three regiments of 

 Federal infantry and several pieces of artillery 

 were captured ; one of the regiments, the 1 10th 

 colored, was reported to have been treated aa 

 prisoners of war. Several miles of trestle-work 

 and several bridges were also destroyed by 

 Forrest. 



The permanent occupation of Nashville as a 

 military base for the Federal army caused a 

 most rapid development of the s 



