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1 JANUARY 1864 January 1, 1864: Skirmish at Dandridge January 1, 1864: "Market Quotations" in Middle Tennessee, an excerpt from the diary of John C. Spence January 1, 1864: Confederate soldiers, a.w.o.l. and deserters in Middle Tennessee, an excerpt from the diary of John C. Spence January 1, 1864: "Notwithstanding the Yanks are such near neighbors, we have had a house full of Rebels all day... " An entry from Belle Edmondson's diary, Shelby County 2 January 1, 1864: Cavalry patrols at Mossy Creek, skirmish at Dandridge on the 14th January 1, 1864: Small Federal cavalry and infantry scouting parties around Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge January 1, 1864: Albert Underwood, 9th Indiana Light Artillery, entries in his Civil War diary, January 1-20, The move from Huntington, Tennessee, to Union City, Tennessee January 1, 1864: Confederate anti-guerrilla patrols, skirmishes, White and Overton counties 5 January 1, 1864: John M. Hughs' guerrilla operations in Middle Tennessee (Confederate)... 5 January 2, 1864: Skirmish at LaGrange January 2, 1864: "All we can do is to sit round the fire, laugh, talk and try to keep warm." Partisan support in one Shelby County Rebel household January 3, 1864: "God bless the Rebels. I would risk my life a dozen times a day to serve themthink what they suffer for us " January 3, 1864: Scout from Memphis to Hernando, Mississippi NOTE January 3, 1864: Conditions in Middle Tennessee; a letter from Letitia Dobson to her daughter Laura Owen January 3, 1864: Price fixing in Union occupied Knoxville; an excerpt from a letter home by John Watkins January 4, 1864: Scout from Collierville to Germantown January 4, 1864: Report on the soldiers' home in Memphis January 4, 1864: Myra Adelaide Inman's reflections on the course of the war TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR SOURCEBOOK Table of Contents Page i

2 January 4, 1864: Outfitting Confederate refugees with goods smuggled by Negroes; "I think she is a star darkie" January 4, 1864: Scout from Collierville to Germantown January 4, 1864: "... while fooling with it it exploded wounding him so severely that his right leg had to be amputated;" an Ohio Sharpshooter, Captain G. M. Barber's letter home from Chattanooga January 4, 1864: Operations about Sparta along the Calfkiller River January 5, 1864: Skirmish at Lawrence's Mill January 5, 1864: Letter from an unknown Federal soldier writing from Nashville, Tennessee, to his friend Ettie. He writes that he wants to get married when he returns home from army life and asks her to tell any good-looking, amiable young women she knows that he is available January 5, 1864: A Confederate refugees' stop in Shelby County January 6, 1864: Reports of large desertions in Tennessee, North Alabama, and Mississippi troops from Army of Tennessee January 6, 1864: Oath of Allegiance for Confederate deserters in East Tennessee January 6, 1864: Assessment of the loss of East Tennessee to the Confederacy January 6, 1864: Expedition from Grand Junction to Mississippi River January 7, 1864: An excerpt from the journal of Amanda McDowell January 8, 1864: Automatic death sentence for Confederates wearing Federal uniforms in the Knoxville environs January 9, 1864: "Rebel Females" in Union-occupied Knoxville January 9, 1864: Petition to Military Governor Andrew Johnson seeking recompense as a result of Confederate raid in Franklin January 9, 1864: On Brownlow's Knoxville Whig for January 9, January 10, 1864: Major-General George H. Thomas suggests the reestablishment of civil authority in Tennessee to Military Governor Andrew Johnson January 10, 1864: A Warren county aristocratic woman's reflections on life January 10, 1864: Skirmish near Mossy Creek January 10, 1864: "... I believe that the war will soon be over." Daniel C. Miller's letter home to his family in Cleveland, Ohio January 10, 1864: Sickness and a funeral in the 105th Ohio; an excerpt from the letter of George F. Cram to his mother January 10, 1864: Scout from near Dandridge to Clark's Ferry January 11, 1864: Initiation of anti-guerrilla policy in West Tennessee by Union Home Guards 26 Page ii Table of Contents TENNESSEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION

3 January 11, 1864: Scout to Lexington January 11, 1864: Report to and endorsement of Major-General W. T. Sherman relative to Federal Soldiers' Home in Memphis January 11, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary January 11, 1864: Belle Edmondson's poem about her broken heart January 11, 1864: Our campaign was not so hard on account of forced marches, as on account of the exposure we were obliged to endure... " Frank M. Guernsey's letter home to Fannie January 11, 1864: Counter-insurgency expedition from Maryville up the Little Tennessee River to Chilhowee NOTE January 12, 1864: Skirmish near Mossy Creek January 12, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary, describing Elk River country, camp life and Tennessee women January 13, 1864: Skirmish at Collierville January 13, 1864: Affair at Sevierville January 13, 1864: Confederate foraging along Big Pigeon and French Broad Rivers reported. 35 January 13, 1864: Description of Fort Sanders, Knoxville January 13, 1864: Presence of U. S. C. T. in Eagleville, excerpt from a letter to Dr. U. G. Owen from his mother Henrietta January 13, 1864: Confederate spirit in Rogersville January 14, 1864: Skirmish at Schultz's Mill on Cosby creek NOTE January 14, 1864: Capture of C. S. A. cavalry, including General Vance, brother of the Gov. of North Carolina, at Cosby Creek, 23 miles from Sevierville January 14, 1864: Skirmish at Dandridge January 14, 1864: Skirmish at Middleton January 14, 1864: Scout from Collierville January 14, 1864: Marriage on the Border Line January 15, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary concerning camp life in Middle Tennessee January 15, 1864: "Fannie do you know that if I had hold of one of your ears I would give it a good pull for writing such a letter as you did the last time you wrote." Frank M. Guernsey's letter to Fannie January 15, 1864: Federal cavalry marches from Huntingdon and from Paris to Dresden, Tennessee TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR SOURCEBOOK Table of Contents Page iii

4 January 15, 1864: A Journey from Knoxville to Chattanooga January 16, 1864: Engagement near Dandridge at Fain's Factory January 16, 1864: Skirmish on the Morristown Road January 16, 1864: Skirmish in White County January 16, 1864: Skirmish at Kimbrough's Cross-Roads January 16, 1864: Skirmish at Bend of Chucky Road NOTE January 16, 1864: Patrol from Collierville to Holly Springs, Mississippi January 16, 1864: "Shooting Affair." January 16, 1864: Confederate cavalry pillage the town of Harrison and capture prisoners from Tennessee regiments January 16, 1864: Actions at Bull's Gap January 16, 1864: On Confederate Cherokees in Tennessee and North Carolina January 16, 1864: Operations about Dandridge NOTE January 17, 1864: Military Governor Andrew Johnson approached concerning coal mining in Marion county January 17, 1864: "Fearful Accident." January 17, 1864: Action near Dandridge January 17, 1864: Patrols on roads southeast and west of Collierville January 17, 1864: Restrictions on the sale of alcoholic beverages in Nashville January 17, 1864: Affair near Dandridge January 17, 1864: Expedition ordered from Chattanooga to Harrison and search for Hamilton Counthy tax records January 18, 1864: Skirmish at Chucky River January 18, 1864: Observations on conditions in McMinnville January 18, 1864: Skirmish near Sevierville January 19, 1864: Escape of Confederate guerrilla chief, Captain Jourdan Mosely January 19, 1864: Skirmish at Big Springs, near Tazewell January 19, 1864: Scout on Clinch River to Evans' Ford January 19, 1864: Reply relative to protest against depredations in Dickson County January 19, 1864: "Disorderly House" January 19, 1864: "Stirring Up the Guerrillas" January 19, 1864: Police theft of a contraband's money in Nashville January 19, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary Page iv Table of Contents TENNESSEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION

5 January 19, 1864: African-American Jail Break in Nashville January 20, 1864: Skirmish at Tracy City January 20, 1864: Skirmish at the Holston River January 20, 1864: Organization of Federal Home Guard in Memphis, Special Field Orders, No January 20, 1864: Federal scout, Strawberry Plains to north side of the Holston January 20, 1864: "Melton Zachary" hard-core juvenile delinquent-a social consequence of civil war January 20, 1864: The trial of Melton Zachary January 20, 1864: Federal expeditions in West Tennessee ordered January 20, 1864: Confederate cavalry dash on the Dandridge road January 21, 1864: Scout from Chattanooga to Harrison & Ooltewah January 21, 1864: Skirmish and Confederate demonstration at Strawberry Plains January 21, 1864: U. S. C. T. in Shelbyville environs, excerpt from a letter to Laura Owen.. 80 January 21, 1864: Termination of passes from Nashville January 21, 1864: A trip on the United States Military Railroad, Chattanooga to Nashville and the execution of a Confederate spy in Knoxville January 21, 1864: Skirmishes at Strawberry Plains January 22, 1864: Capture of Federal Forage Wagons near Wilsonville January 22, 1864: Skirmish at Armstrong's Ferry NOTE January 22, 1864: Major-General S. A. Hurlbut ordered to make repairs to prison in Memphis 89 January 22, 1864: Confederate demonstration at intersection of Armstrong's Ferry road and Knoxville road January 22, 1864: "Wife Whipping" January 22, 1864: Expedition from Union City to Trenton, Tenn January 22, 1864: Humdrum Federal cavalry operations from Union City to Collierville January 22, 1864: Co-operating missions in West Tennessee, Union City to Collierville, associated with the Meridian Expedition, February 3-March 6, January 22, 1864: "... in addition to that there were numerous parties of guerrillas harassing us in front and rear of the command, so that I was force to move slowly and cautiously." Report on the reconnaissance of the Second New Jersey Cavalry in West Tennessee January 23, 1864: Skirmish near Newport January 23, 1864: Scout from LaGrange to Ripley, Mississippi TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR SOURCEBOOK Table of Contents Page v

6 January 23, 1864: Restrictions on the employment of private guards January 23, 1864: "... there has been so many soldiers encamped here that the country has been overrun and almost ruined... " Frank M. Guernsey's letter to Fannie NOTE January 24, 1864: Capture of Union pickets at Love's Hill, near Knoxville January 24, 1864: Skirmish near Tazewell January 24, 1864: Anti-guerrilla patrol near Russellville January 24, 1864: "Joe White to the Ladies!" January 24, 1864: "The unchecked spread of this disease necessitates this regulation, which will be strictly enforced." U. S. Army fights small-pox January 24, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary January 25, 1864: Skirmish at LaGrange January 25, 1864: Public health initiative taken in Nashville by U. S. Army January 25, 1864: Further restrictions on the sale of alcoholic beverages in Nashville January 25, 1864: "Guerrillas on the Cumberland." January 26, 1864: Skirmish at Flat Creek January 26, 1864: Skirmish at Muddy Creek January 26, 1864: Special Orders, No. 26, relative to assessment of Confederate sympathizers to support Union refugees in Giles County January 26, 1864: Skirmish at West Fork of Pigeon River January 26, 1864: Skirmish near Knoxville January 26, 1864: Skirmish at Sevierville January 26, 1864: Correspondence between Lieutenant-General James Longstreet and Major- General J. G. Foster relative to Federal amnesty proclamation January 26, 1864: "Big Raid by the Mackerel Brigade." A juvenile gang in Memphis January 26, 1864: Collecting the Federal Dead January 26, 1864: Skirmishes at Flat creek and Muddy creek January 26, 1864: Operations about Dandridge January 27, 1864: Engagement at Middle Fork of Pigeon river at Hodsden's house January 27, 1864: Patrols from LaGrange and Collierville to Coldwater, Mississippi, and patrols from Germantown to Olive Branch, Mississippi January 27, 1864: Skirmish near Knoxville January 27, 1864: Skirmish at Kelley's Ford Page vi Table of Contents TENNESSEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION

7 January 27, 1864: Skirmish at McNutt's Bridge January 27, 1864: Engagement, Fair Garden January 27, 1864: "A Salt and Battery" January 27, 1864: "They Stole the Child Away." January 27, 1864: Major-General W. T. Sherman's advice to Brigadier-General R. P. Buckland concerning the governance of Memphis January 27, 1864: Confederate Soldiers Abandon Longstreet's Command in East Tennessee January 28, 1864: Skirmish at Kelley's Ford January 28, 1864: Letter to Jefferson Davis regarding hostage taking in McMinn County January 28, 1864: Affair at Lee's House, on Cornersville Pike January 28, 1864: Skirmish at Fain's Island January 28, 1864: Skirmish at [Swann's] Island Ford January 28, 1864: Skirmish at Swann's Island January 28, 1864: Skirmish at Kelley's Ford January 28, 1864: Skirmish at Indian Creek January 28, 1864: Plea for protection of slave property from Mary Sharp College President Zwinglius C. Graves in Winchester January 28, 1864: "Small Pox" January 28, 1864: Columbia's mayor charged with murder January 28, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary January 28, 1864: Expedition from Winter's Gap, Tennessee to Louisa, Kentucky January 28, 1864: Engagement at Blount's House, a.k.a. Dibbrell's Hill January 28, 1864: General Orders Nos. 14 and 8 issued in Knoxville, relative to civilian claims upon U. S. Army January 28, 1864: "A Few Facts About Our Streets." January 28, 1864: Running skirmishes, Cumberland River to mouth of Caney Fork River to Flynn's Lick, Jackson County January 28, 1864: Expedition from Gallatin to Cumberland Mountains January 29, 1864: Patrols south of Collierville and East to Moscow January 29, 1864: Candidates announce for local elections in Union occupied Davidson County 156 January 29, 1864: Correspondence relative to depriving disloyal citizens of army rations in Tullahoma TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR SOURCEBOOK Table of Contents Page vii

8 January 29, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, excerpts from letters home to his wife Mary, events in the Chestnut Ridge, Boons Hill environs, written February 2-12, 1864, covering events from January 29, 1864 to February 12, January 30, 1864: Capture of Confederates near Tennessee River near N&NW Railroad January 30, 1864: Report of Maj.-Gen. Rousseau regarding conditions in Middle Tennessee January 30, 1864: Federal scout and reconnaissance in Sevierville area January 31, 1864: Skirmishing between Collierville and Mount Pleasant, Mississippi January 31, 1864: Expecition from Maryville to Quallatown, North Carolina Page viii Table of Contents TENNESSEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION

9 FEBRUARY 1864 February 1, 1864: Expedition from Knoxville to Flat Creek February 1, 1864: Patrol on the Rockford to Louisville Road, and on all roads to Sevierville. 2 February 1, 1864: Skirmish at LaGrange and the dispersal of McGuirk's Third Mississippi Regiment NOTE February 1, 1864: Skirmishes with guerrillas near Mt. Pinson February 1, 1864: Federal officers engage in cotton farming in Middle Tennessee, an excerpt from the diary of John C. Spence February 1, 1864: Reconnaissance from Maryville to Sevierville February 1, 1864: Reconnaissance from Maryville toward Sevierville, Tenn February 1, 1864: Scout in White & Putnam Counties (5th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry [U. S. ]) February 2, 1864: Skirmish near LaGrange February 2, 1864: Scout on Little Tennessee River to Franklin, North Carolina February 2, 1864: Attack from Tuckaleechee Cove (Blount county) against Cherokee Confederate raiders at Quallatown, North Carolina February 2, 1864: Williamson Younger confronts thieves in Carroll County February 2, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary, concerning the war on the local level February 3, 1864: Skirmish with Rebel guerrillas near LaGrange February 3, 1864: Meridian Expedition, Memphis to Yazoo River NOTE February 4, 1864: Scouts from Collierville, Germantown, to northern Mississippi February 4, 1864: Special Orders, No. 35 issued, Pulaski February 4, 1864: "Suicide of a Soldier." February 4, 1864: Accidental shooting in a Confederate household February 4, 1864: "In years gone, and not long ago, Tennessee was a paradise." One writer's description of Civil War Tennessee February 4, 1864: Transfer of hospitalized Federal soldiers TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR SOURCEBOOK Table of Contents Page ix

10 February 5, 1864: Jane's wound and smuggling in Shelby County February 5, 1864: Scout from Germantown to Hernando, Mississippi February 5, 1864: New construction in Nashville February 5, 1864: "Dead Mules;" Public Health Impediment in Nashville ca. February 5, 1864: Burning of the town of Old Columbus, Jackson County, by Federal troops 15 ca. February 5, 1864: Scout from Bolivar to Collierville February 6, 1864: Report on conditions in East Tennessee from Cincinnati Gazette February 6, 1864: Affair at Bolivar February 6, 1864: General Orders No. 4 issued in Nashville, relative to River trade restrictions 17 February 6, 1864: Daily scouts and reports of Confederate guerrilla activity, Love's Hill and Flat Creek environs February 6, 1864: Increase in robbery in Maury County February 6, 1864: "The Voluntary Exiles" February 6, 1864: Enhancement of the Public Square in Nashville February 6, 1864: "Small Pox" February 6, 1864: "Cases Tried by the Military Commission." February 6, 1864: Expedition from Memphis to Wyatt, Mississippi NOTE February 7, 1864: Citizens of Jackson pay tribute to Federal Colonel Fielding Hurst to prevent the razing of the city February 7, 1864: Guerrilla attack on Federal foraging party, near Bolivar February 7, 1864: Report on anti-guerrilla sweeps in White County February 8, 1864: Scouts to Tuckaleechee and Wier's Cove February 8, 1864: Reconnaissance on the main Sevierville Road February 8, 1864: Scout near Maryville NOTE February 8, 1864: "To Liquor Dealers" General Orders No February 8, 1864: Federal conscript sweep and impressment of mounts, Fort Pillow environs. 30 February 9, 1864: Skirmish in Hardin County February 10, 1864: Skirmish on the Sevierville Road February 10, 1864: A young East Tennessee woman's thoughts on the war February 10, 1864: A plea to regulate the price of corn so as to provide food for the poor instead of for the production of whiskey, in the Fort Donelson environs Page x Table of Contents TENNESSEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION

11 February 10, 1864: Combat activities on the Cumberland Plateau; Col. John M. Hughs' mission on the Cumberland Plateau February 10, 1864: Orders to raise an African-American regiment of heavy artillery for garrison duty in Nashville February 11, 1864: Report on Juvenile Warfare at Shieldstown, Knoxville environs February 11, 1864: Defeat of public transportation plans in Nashville February 11, 1864: Confederates burn fortifications at Strawberry Plains February 11, 1864: Advance on Smith's column at Collierville to Okalona, Mississippi NOTE 1 34 February 11, 1864: Incidents associated with the Meridian Expedition taking place in West Tennessee February 12, 1864: John Wilkes Booth in Nashville February 12, 1864: Scout on Sevierville Road February 12, 1864: Confederate scout and flag of truce near Flat Creek February 13, 1864: Scout near Knoxville February 13, 1864: Skirmish in Fentress County February 13, 1864: Confederate reconnaissance in force near Cleveland February 13, 1864: Robbers in Carroll County February 13, 1864: R. A. Barnes & Co., Grocer's Inventory February 13, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary, war events in Lincoln County, February 13-21, February 14, 1864: Reconnaissance on Cleveland and Spring Place road, East Tennessee.. 44 February 14, 1864: "We have been burying dead. We buried about eight hundred as near as I can find out." Abe Clendening's letter to his friend William Miller describing army life in the Chattanooga environs February 14, 1864: "We buried the remains of eight hundred and seventeen soldiers that had remained unburied since the 20th of Sept. last." February 15, 1864: Skirmish with "Tinker" Dave Beatty's guerrillas in Overton County February 15, 1864: "... the skirmish which had taken place only a few hundred yards from our house... " Belle Edmondson's interrupted breakfast February 16, 1864: Cattle foraging and capture of Dunc Cooper, guerrilla chief in Lewis County 48 February 16, 1864: "Fires" February 16, 1864: Courts Martial NOTE 1 of Brigadier General James G. Spears NOTE February 16, 1864: Domestic fuel supply in Nashville TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR SOURCEBOOK Table of Contents Page xi

12 February 17, 1864: Expedition from Island No. 10 to Riley's Landing Tennessee February 17, 1864: An end to military control over newspaper circulation in Chattanooga. 51 February 17, 1864: Expedition from Motley's Ford, Tennessee, to Murphy North Carolina environs February 18, 1864: Skirmish near Maryville February 18, 1864: Skirmish at Mifflin February 18, 1864: Skirmish at Sevierville February 18, 1864: Confederate scouts near Rockford February 18, 1864: Federal scout to Kennedy's Mill February 18, 1864: Scout from Ooltewah, Tennessee to Burkes and Ellidge's Mills, GA February 19, 1864: Entry in Alice Williamson's Diary, Sumner County February 20, 1864: Skirmish on the Sevierville Road, near Knoxville February 20, 1864: Skirmish on Holston River February 20, 1864: Skirmish at Flat Creek February 20, 1864: Skirmish at Strawberry Plains February 21, 1864: Major-General Nathan Bedford Forrest's situation report for West Tennessee February 21, 1864: Reconnaissance near Burnt Mill, on Cleveland and Spring Place road. 60 February 22, 1864: Skirmish on Calfkiller River February 22, 1864: Skirmish at Powell's Bridge February 22, 1864: Skirmish at Mulberry Gap February 22, 1864: Confederate Lieutenant-General James Longstreet thanks authorities in Georgia for delivery of clothing for Confederate Army in East Tennessee.. 64 February 22, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary February 22, 1864: Improvements in Longstreet's command and rumors that Knoxville may be retaken February 23, 1864: Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek NOTE February 23, 1864: Confederates burn ferry boat and railroad bridge near Strawberry Plains. 67 February 23, 1864: Scouts in the Maryville, Motley's Ford environs February 24, 1864: Confederate scout near Blain's Cross-Roads, Nance's Ferry February 25, 1864: Ambassador Baron von Gerolt protests enrolling Prussian citizens into Memphis enrolled militia Page xii Table of Contents TENNESSEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION

13 February 25, 1864: Scout from "Whiteside's" to Stevens' & Frick's Gaps, GA February 26, 1864: Capture of Washington, Rhea County, by guerrilla chief Champ Ferguson NOTE February 26, 1864: Skirmish at Sulphur Springs February 26, 1864: General Orders, No. 17, division of mules for the transportation of the Confederate Army in East Tennessee February 26, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary, the nature of the war at the local level February 26, 1864: Social tensions, death, guilt, and writing letters to Confederate soldiers; an entry from the diary of Belle Edmondson February 26, 1864: A negro servant, Confederate money and Confederate prisoners of war. 72 February 26, 1864: "General Orders No. 6." Enforcement of the Enrolled Militia Program in Memphis February 27, 1864: Skirmish in the Sequatchie Valley February 27, 1864: A page from a Shelby County smuggler's diary February 28, 1864: Skirmish at Dukedom NOTE February 28, 1864: Federal program of small pox vaccination in Memphis, excerpt from SPE- CIAL ORDERS, NO. 32 NOTE February 28, 1864: Public health initiative taken by the U. S. Army in Memphis February 28, 1864: Enforcement of Enrolled Militia in Memphis, General Orders, No February 28, 1864: " Oh, just and merciful Savior, give us peace, and our independence." Belle Edmondson's prayer for the Confederacy February 28, 1864: Fire on the mountain February 28, 1864: Some impressions of a Union soldier on the march from Murfreesboro to Shelbyville; excerpts from the correspondence of George F. Cram February 29, 1864: GENERAL ORDERS NO. 7; Procedure for securing exemptions from serving in the Memphis Enrolled Militia February 29, 1864: Bradley County Misery TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR SOURCEBOOK Table of Contents Page xiii

14 MARCH 1864 March 1, 1864: Scouts to vicinity of the junction of the Little Tennessee and Tuckalechee Rivers 1 March 1, 1864: Confederate cavalry attack and depredations at Dandridge March 2, 1864: Federal scouts in Strawberry Plains' environs March 2, 1864: Association for the relief of East Tennesseans formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 2, 1864: "They took their beds & bedding got their dinner at the kitchen and took a shoulder of meat." Civil War life at Wessyngton Plantation, Robertson county. The letter of Mrs. Jane Washington, to her husband March 2, 1864: Confederate newspaper report relative to Federal depredations in East Tennessee March 3, 1864: Entry in Alice Williamson's Diary, Sumner County March 3, 1864: Comparison of Confederate and Yankee suitors in Cleveland March 3, 1864: Changes in the master/slave relationship, excerpt from the letter of West Tennessee slaveholder Leonora Williamson to Military Governor Andrew Johnson 5 March 3, 1864: "Laura has provoked me and I feel real cross-she or I one should certainly have less temper at times." A page from Belle Edmondson's diary March 4, 1864: Skirmish near Murfreesborough March 4, 1864: Taking the oath March 4, 1864: Confederate bushwhackers attack Federal ambulance March 4, 1864: Two Confederate scouting parties near Morristown March 4, 1864: Isolation and loneliness, a page from Belle Edmondson's diary March 4, 1864: Confederate Conscription and the Refugees' Plight March 5, 1864: Skirmish at Panther Springs March 5, 1864: Cavalry skirmish at Wood's Gap in Taylor's Ridge March 5, 1864: Two Federal scouting parties and regiment at election precinct in Red Clay environs March 5, 1864: Cavalry scout, Blue Springs to Red Clay Page xiv Table of Contents TENNESSEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION

15 March 5, 1864: Skirmish near New Market March 5, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary, life with the Colonel March 5, 1864: Confederate expatriates from Memphis begin their trek south March 5, 1864: Dr. Boyd's family successfully leaves East Tennessee March 5, 1864: From Germantown to the Cumberland Iron Works, the movements of the Second Tennessee [U. S. ] Cavalry March 6, 1864: Affair near Island No March 6, 1864: Conditions in Chattanooga; an excerpt from the letter of Gershom M. Barber. 13 March 6, 1864: The Civil War Adventures of Lizzie the Union Soldier from Tennessee March 6, 1863: General Joseph E. Johnston s opinion of R. V. Richardson s activities ca. March 6, 1864: Furguson's and Hamilton's guerrilla bands defeat Stokes' 5th U. S. cavalry scout March 7, 1864: General Orders, No. 10, forbidding impressment of Negroes in Nashville March 7, 1864: "The quiet of our life was disturbed today by the arrival of 150 Yankees." A day in the life of Confederate Belle Edmondson March 8, 1864: Federal forces occupy Decatur March 8, 1864: Reconnaissance from Morristown to Bull's Gap March 8, 1864: Reconnaissance from Morristown to Mouth of the Chucky River March 8, 1864: Report on Federal army's aid to destitute citizens January-February 1864 in Chattanooga March 8, 1864: Report on Confederate prisoners of war and administration of oath of allegiance, January 1864, in Chattanooga March 8, 1864: Report of prisoners of war and deserters received and disposed of, oaths administered to citizens, and sales and issues of rations to citizens, during the month of February, 1864: March 8, 1864: "I am almost crazy with my spine, took a dose of Morphine, I am in so much pain it does not affect me." A page from the Confederate smuggler Belle Edmondson's diary March 8, 1864: Humble refugee transients in Nashville March 9, 1864: Federal situation report, New Market, Strawberry Plains, Mossy Creek, Morristown, Bulls' Gap, mouth of Chucky River Bend March 9, 1864: Visiting neighbors in Union-occupied Shelby County, an entry in Belle Edmondson's diary March 10, 1864: Skirmish in White County TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR SOURCEBOOK Table of Contents Page xv

16 March 10, 1864: Pro-Confederate women bear the insults of Yankees in Cleveland March 10, 1864: A theatrical presentation in Civil War Nashville March 11, 1864: Entry in Alice Williamson's diary, Sumner county March 11, 1864: U. S. S. Peosta bombards Confederate guerrillas near Yellow Creek on the Tennessee River March 11, 1864: Military trial of a Middle Tennessee bushwhacker March 11, 1864: "Those men in the interests of the rebellion, who have done so much evil, can never more be trusted." Confederate Refugees in East Tennessee March 11, 1864: Counter-insurgency operations around Sparta, including skirmishes on Calfkiller Creek and near Beersheba Springs March 12, 1864: "After insulting the father he carried his son a half mile away and shot him six times." An entry in Alice Williamson's Diary, Sumner County March 12, 1864: Skirmish near Union City March 12, 1864: Reconnaissance, New Market to Morristown March 12, 1864: Scout to Nola Chucky Bend, near Morristown March 12, 1864: U. S. S. Peosta engages in counter-guerrilla raid at Pittsburg Landing environs 32 March 12, 1864: 5th Tennessee (U. S. ) Cavalry surprises and kills Texas Rangers in Overton County March 12, 1864: "New Steam Fire Engine" March 12, 1864: "I have not suffered much with my spine today, though only on account of taking Morphine last night, which has made me insensible to the pain." A page from Belle Edmondson's diary March 12, 1864: Federal Rations Issued to Citizens in Chattanooga March 13, 1864: Skirmish at Cheek's Cross-Road March 13, 1864: Skirmish at Spring Hill March 13, 1864: Federal reconnaissance, Morristown to mouth of Burt Creek March 13, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary, camp routine on Sundays March 13, 1864: Belle Edmondson pines for a lost love March 13, 1864: Removal of Dead Horses; the Federal Army's battle for public health in Nashville March 14, 1864: Skirmish at Bent Creek March 14, 1864: 5th U. S. (Tennessee) Cavalry ordered to impress horses in White, Jackson, Van Buren and Overton counties March 14, 1864: Report relative to fortifications at Shellmound environs Page xvi Table of Contents TENNESSEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION

17 March 14, 1864: Smugglers plan a trip to Memphis; an excerpt from Belle Edmondson's diary 38 March 14, 1864: U. S. C. T. recruiting expedition NOTE 1, Sequatchie Valley to Pikeville, Caney Fork to Calfkiller Rivers March 15, 1864: Skirmish at Bull's Gap March 15, 1864: Skirmish in Flat Creek Valley March 15, 1864: [Ides of March], A perilous visit home for a Confederate cavalryman and his brother and friends in the Cleveland environs March 15, 1864: "Sunday in Nashville" March 15, 1864: "Dead Carcasses" March 15, 1864: The smugglers' progress; a page from Belle Edmondson's diary March 15, 1864: Zinc Coffins March 15, 1864: Enforcement of ban on sale of whisky to soldiers in Nashville March 16, 1864: Confederate raid on N&C Railroad, near Tullahoma March 16, 1864: A Confederate soldier's observations about his home place in the Cleveland environs March 16, 1864: First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary March 16, 1864: "... I suffered horribly in anticipation of trouble." Smuggling goods to the Confederate army through Federal lines in Shelby County; a page from the diary of Belle Edmondson March 16, 1864: Forrest's expedition into West Tennessee & Kentucky March 16, 1864: Confederate conscript sweeps in West Tennessee NOTE March 17, 1864: Wedding party at the home of Mr. Reynolds on Walden Ridge March 17, 1864: Skirmish at Manchester March 17, 1864: Skirmish at Winchester March 17, 1864: Special Orders No. 62, relative to Tipton County issued March 17, 1864: An end to military control over circulation of the press in Chattanooga March 17, 1864: Death of a Nashvillian in a guerrilla attack near Memphis March 17, 1864: New construction in Nashville March 17, 1864: Thanks from a Yale law student March 18, 1864: Report relative to position of Federal troops in Tennessee March 18, 1864: "Relief Meeting;" assisting war refugees in Nashville March 18, 1864: "Our City Fathers Brought Up at Last;" S. A. General Hurlbut censures Memphis municipal government for failure to take action on crime and sanitation. TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR SOURCEBOOK Table of Contents Page xvii

18 66 March 19, 1864: Skirmish at Beersheba Springs March 19, 1864: "Is that any way for him or any Federal officer to do?" Complaints about Federal depredations in West Tennessee March 19, 1864: Confederate situation report for East Tennessee March 19, 1864: "To Be Confiscated." Federal seizure of property of alien enemies in Clarksville 70 March 19, 1864: "SACRILIGE." March 19, 1864: Federal scouts, Cleveland to across the Hiwassee River March 20, 1864: Skirmish in Tullahoma environs NOTE March 20, 1864: Federal scout, Blue Springs to below Red Clay March 20, 1864: Federal scouts, Strawberry Plains to Rutledge, Mouth of the Chucky, Dandridge Road March 20, 1864: "Those men are not soldiers but a band of robbers and murderers. They don't mind whether a man is a Union man or a Confederate,- if he has money they will take it." First Lieutenant Robert Cruikshank, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment, letter home to his wife Mary, camp life near the Elk River March 20, 1864: An Elizabethton refugee's inquiry about the safety of returning home March 21, 1864: U. S. S. Tawah and Peosta engage in anti-guerrilla raids near Saltillo and Clifton on the Tennessee River March 21, 1864: Skirmish at Reynoldsburg, Tennessee March 21, 1864: "General Orders, No. 11;" disposition of abandoned farm property in the Nashville District March 21, 1864: Federal scouts, Mossy Creek, Rutledge, Morristown, Big Creek, Rogersville, Dandridge March 21, 1864: Federal reconnaissance in search of Forrest, Pulaski to Eastport, Mississippi 75 March 22, 1864: U. S. S. Peosta shells woods near Pittsburg Landing March 22, 1864: Confederates destroy private ferries on the Obion River March 22, 1864: Formation of Enrolled Militia in the Seventh Civil District of Shelby County. 76 March 22, 1864: "TIPTON COUNTY-A GOOD EXAMPLE." March 22, 1864: "The Late Father Nealis." March 22, 1864: "Attempt to Rob." March 22, 1864: Daniel C. Miller's impression of Nashville ca. March 22, 1864: Anti-guerrilla actions of 5th Tennessee Cavalry in Sparta environs Page xviii Table of Contents TENNESSEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION

19 March 23, 1864: Anti-guerrilla scout Kentucky to south of Cumberland River, Livingston and Sparta March 23, 1864: Report of Federal scout regarding Forrest's position in West Tennessee March 23, 1864: "We came through white Pickets-I think we will not try them again-the Negroes are ten times more lenient." Belle Edmondson's smuggling foray through Federal lines in Memphis environs March 23, 1864: "We have just had a deep snow fourteen inches deep it came in one day and has gone in the same length of time." Captain Gershom M. Barber's letter home to his wife March 24, 1864: Capture of Union City NOTE March 24, 1864: Correspondence relative to Federal veteran troops in East Tennessee refusing to re-enlist March 24, 1864: "Military Police Regulations;" the continuing struggle to improve public health in Nashville March 24, 1864: Colonel Fielding-Hurst's orders to "hang upon and harass" Nathan Bedford Forrest and "forage upon secession sympathizers." March 24, 1864: "It was east of Union City, at the bridge over the Obion River." Report of Capt. James H. Odlin, Asst. Adjt.-Gen., U. S. Army, of operations in Union City environs, connected to Forrest's expedition into West Tennessee and Kentucky. 85 March 24, 1864: Scout in force from Memphis to Bolivar, Somerville, Tennessee and Estenaula, Tennessee March 25, 1864: Federal Scout, Lynnville [Giles county] to Culleoka [Maury county] March 25, 1864: "General Orders, No. 16." Prohibition in Nashville March 25, 1864: Civilian pursuit of thieves from the 55th Ohio in Maury County March 25, 1864: Scout Mossy Creek to Dandridge March 25, 1864: Scout, Mossy Creek to Mouth of Chucky March 25, 1864: Expedition from Somerville toward Jackson, Hatchie River and Estenaula, Tennessee March 25, 1864: Expeditions, Cumberland Gap and Clinch Valley from Powder Spring Gap 88 March 25, 1864: Uncertainties with logistics efforts of Federal Army Quartermaster Corps in Tennessee March 25, 1864: "Sale of Condemned Horses." March 25, 1864: "A Nashville Boy at Rock Island." March 25, 1864: "Sprinkle the Streets." March 26, 1864: U. S. C. T. in Sparta March 27, 1864: Affair at Louisville, Tennessee TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR SOURCEBOOK Table of Contents Page xix