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The Daily Dispatch: September 22, 1863., [Electronic resource], A Glance at the condition of Affairs in East Tennessee. (search)
n proceed to the Tennessee river, other arrivals taking their place. The reinforcements were arriving at Clarksville at the rate of from a regiment to a brigade per day, and the stream continuous and uninterrupted. He also stated that the Federals were pressing large numbers of negroes in the counties of Montgomery, Robertson, and the northern part of Davidson and Sumner, in Tennessee, and in the counties of Logan and Simpson, in Kentucky, ostensibly to work upon the fortifications at Gallatin, at which place they were digging a good deal of dirt. They had erected seven strong stockades in the public square, and felled all the timber on the southeast side of the town, and constructed out of it a regular abatis. The pressing of negroes is widespread and indiscriminate. Immense numbers in the counties named had been taken, and the owners when they applied for them were informed that if they would take the oath of allegiance they could get a receipt, which is all they could g