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The Daily Dispatch: September 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Tennessee and Kentucky. (search)
er, from Gov. Harris. The message was, that he (Gov H) had, by telegraphic dispatch, requested Gen Polk to withdraw the Confederate troops from Kentucky, and that Gen. Polk had declined to do so; thaGen. Polk had declined to do so; that Gov. Harris had telegraphed to Secretary Walker, at Richmond, requesting that Gen. Polk be ordered to withdraw his troops from Kentucky, and that such order was issued from the War Department of thGen. Polk be ordered to withdraw his troops from Kentucky, and that such order was issued from the War Department of the Confederacy; that Gen. Polk replied to the War Department that the retention of the post was a military necessity, and that the retiring from it would be attended by the loss of many lives. This eGen. Polk replied to the War Department that the retention of the post was a military necessity, and that the retiring from it would be attended by the loss of many lives. This embraces the message received. The messenger it is true, in conversation said that he had heard in Nashville that Secretary Walker had sent a dispatch to Gen. Buckner, giving Gen Polk a discretioGen Polk a discretion to hold or withdraw from the occupation of the post in Kentucky. The undersigned understood the messenger to say that he saw no dispatch of the kind just alluded to and that he heard of it afte