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Mon 7. / burning fence / Fighting / Ft Donelson & Johnsonville / Captured / Election
It rained all night last night verry hard two soldiers
ordered & got there breakfast Sargent Greer & another. They
are of the pickets from the Shead they are burning our fence
I went to Town late. News the rebbls have taken Ft Donelson
& Johnsonville & Ft Heimon took many Government stores.
The McClellon electors being with drawn it is all a one sided
business for Lincoln. It has rained off & on all day Considerable
fresh

Tu 8 / Election President / Pillow / Mayes / Harriss / Arnold &c
It has rained during the night & is still raining this
morning Verry windy & flying clouds every way indication of
a storm This is the day of the Presidents Election There was
a greate rush made by the Abolutions to get all the Votes the
could obtain by threats & Menaces creating a good deal of
alarm that if they did not Vote & take the Oath there property
would be taken & foraging & raids made on them & they would
not be allowed any thing for any thing taken The chief
Manigers in this most ridiculous matter was John Beard Wm H.
Pillow Thomas Harriss Saml Arnold Jeramy Gilmore Wm Stockard
Nat Jones (John Mayes who left) A day or two before the election
but he had been for some time before he left been verry
abusive & denouncing almost every one that would not advocate
the Oath & Vote for Lincon & Johnson Advocating the
doctrin of Amanacpation by the fource of the Military power
now in arms all these men above mentioned advocated the same