Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Davidson county” in article 4 of The Daily Dispatch: April 30, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
... in all twenty-one, and footing up 2,500 men. In addition to those organized in the city, we learn that there is not a civil district in the county where one or more companies have not been formed.
Davidson county alone can march into service to-day 4,000 good soldiers, with a sufficient number left for home protection.
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