When the Southern States started seceding from the United States, local elections were held to decide if there was enough support in each County. On the initial vote in Lincoln County Tennessee of February 9, 1861: The vote was for: For 815, or 30.4% And against 1863, or 69.6%.
However, on April 15, 1861, three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteer troops. ... His action spurred four of the “holdout” states—Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas—to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy.
Per the 1834 Constitution: Every free white man of the age of twenty-one years, being a citizen of the United States, and a citizen of the county wherein he may offer his vote, six months next preceding the day of election, shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, and other civil officers for the county or district in which he resides.
Another vote was held in Lincoln County and on June 8, 1862 on the Secession Referendum: The vote was for: 2,912, 100% and against 0, 0%. Lincoln County was obviously Pro-Confederate. An additional 234 citizens had turned out to vote for secession. The county provided almost 5,000 Confederate soldiers who served in at least six infantry regiments, three cavalry units, and an artillery battery. Some residents enlisted in the U.S. Army, but no Union companies were raised there.
Lincoln County provided twenty-one companies of volunteers to the Confederate cause.
The 5,000 men from Lincoln County who joined the Confederate army served in the following regiments:
Forrest's Escort Company Cavalry.
Captain A. L. Huggins' Battery Light Artillery.
Captain Benjamin E. Spencer's Infantry Company.
1st (Turney's) Confederate Infantry Regiment, Co. G “The Fayetteville Guards”, Co. H “The Shelton’s Creek Volunteers”, Co. K “The Boone’s Creek Minute Men”
8th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Companies "C", Co. D “The Norris Creek Guards”, Co. E “The Camargo Guards”, Co. K “The Mulberry Riflemen”.
23rd Tennessee Infantry Battalion, Company “E".
32nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Companies "A"“ The Swan Creek Guards”, and "I" The Millville Men”
41st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Companies "A", "C", "D" “The Liberty Guards and "E".
44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Companies "E", "G", "I" and "K".
55th (McKoin's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Company "H". “Lady’s Guards”
Lincoln County was a definitely a Confederate stronghold during the War. Local men had formed the companies just mentioned for the Confederate army before Tennessee seceded. In April 1861, Col. Peter B. Turney organized the 1st Confederate Infantry Regiment (first in the state) in nearby Winchester, and it departed for Virginia the following month.
Although no major battles were fought in Lincoln County, the area suffered severely from troop movements and the bands of armed men who raided, abused, robbed, and murdered defenseless people. Fortunately for the history of Lincoln County, the courthouse was not burned, and the county records were safely hidden by concerned citizens.
There were 13 men from Lincoln County that were listed on the Confederate Roll of Honor. A total of 2,000 Confederate Soldiers are all that
Federal forces entered Fayetteville in April 1862 and then withdrew two months later. They returned the next spring and remained until the end of the war. The courthouse, surrounded by a six foot-high brick wall, became a stable for Union horses and a temporary fort. The Presbyterian Church was also used as a horse stable. Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s army marched through Fayetteville and crossed the Elk River on the old stone bridge en route to Chattanooga from Memphis in November 1863. , F Completed in 1861, the 450-foot-long, six-arch limestone bridge provided an excellent crossing place for both armies. Sherman’s order to destroy the bridge was not carried out. Sherman used Mayor and Confederate Colonel Robert Faquaharsons house on Elk Avenue as his headquarters while the colonel was out serving the Confederate Army.
However, on April 15, 1861, three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteer troops. ... His action spurred four of the “holdout” states—Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas—to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy.
Per the 1834 Constitution: Every free white man of the age of twenty-one years, being a citizen of the United States, and a citizen of the county wherein he may offer his vote, six months next preceding the day of election, shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly, and other civil officers for the county or district in which he resides.
Another vote was held in Lincoln County and on June 8, 1862 on the Secession Referendum: The vote was for: 2,912, 100% and against 0, 0%. Lincoln County was obviously Pro-Confederate. An additional 234 citizens had turned out to vote for secession. The county provided almost 5,000 Confederate soldiers who served in at least six infantry regiments, three cavalry units, and an artillery battery. Some residents enlisted in the U.S. Army, but no Union companies were raised there.
Lincoln County provided twenty-one companies of volunteers to the Confederate cause.
The 5,000 men from Lincoln County who joined the Confederate army served in the following regiments:
Forrest's Escort Company Cavalry.
Captain A. L. Huggins' Battery Light Artillery.
Captain Benjamin E. Spencer's Infantry Company.
1st (Turney's) Confederate Infantry Regiment, Co. G “The Fayetteville Guards”, Co. H “The Shelton’s Creek Volunteers”, Co. K “The Boone’s Creek Minute Men”
8th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Companies "C", Co. D “The Norris Creek Guards”, Co. E “The Camargo Guards”, Co. K “The Mulberry Riflemen”.
23rd Tennessee Infantry Battalion, Company “E".
32nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Companies "A"“ The Swan Creek Guards”, and "I" The Millville Men”
41st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Companies "A", "C", "D" “The Liberty Guards and "E".
44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Companies "E", "G", "I" and "K".
55th (McKoin's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Company "H". “Lady’s Guards”
Lincoln County was a definitely a Confederate stronghold during the War. Local men had formed the companies just mentioned for the Confederate army before Tennessee seceded. In April 1861, Col. Peter B. Turney organized the 1st Confederate Infantry Regiment (first in the state) in nearby Winchester, and it departed for Virginia the following month.
Although no major battles were fought in Lincoln County, the area suffered severely from troop movements and the bands of armed men who raided, abused, robbed, and murdered defenseless people. Fortunately for the history of Lincoln County, the courthouse was not burned, and the county records were safely hidden by concerned citizens.
There were 13 men from Lincoln County that were listed on the Confederate Roll of Honor. A total of 2,000 Confederate Soldiers are all that
Federal forces entered Fayetteville in April 1862 and then withdrew two months later. They returned the next spring and remained until the end of the war. The courthouse, surrounded by a six foot-high brick wall, became a stable for Union horses and a temporary fort. The Presbyterian Church was also used as a horse stable. Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s army marched through Fayetteville and crossed the Elk River on the old stone bridge en route to Chattanooga from Memphis in November 1863. , F Completed in 1861, the 450-foot-long, six-arch limestone bridge provided an excellent crossing place for both armies. Sherman’s order to destroy the bridge was not carried out. Sherman used Mayor and Confederate Colonel Robert Faquaharsons house on Elk Avenue as his headquarters while the colonel was out serving the Confederate Army.