Spence, John C. A Diary of the Civil War. Murfreesboro, Tenn.: Rutherford County Historical Society, 1993.

Murfreesboro,

Election of 1860, 2 Secession election in Tennessee, 5 Fort Sumter, 6 Army wagon, 7 Question of war, 7 Confederate confidence, 8 Kentucky, 8-9 Tennessee secession vote, 9 Electioneering, soldiers in camp, 9 First Manassas, Bull Run, 11-12 Women hospital society, 12 Hospital, 12 Fence rails, 12-13 Gunboats, 14 Mill Springs, Fishing Creek, Zollicoffer, Crittenden, 14-15 Fort Henry, 15 , 15-17 Abandonment of Nashville, 17 , 18, 23, 41 Murfreesboro, Federals arrive, Orsmby Mitchel, 19-23 Albert Sidney, Johnston, 20 General Mitchel and cotton confiscation, 21 Federals stealing horses, 21 Slaves fleeing to Federals, 21 Federals searching houses in Murfreesboro, 22 Oath, 23 , Albert Sidney, Johnston, 23-25 , Benjamin F. Butler, 26 Corinth, Beauregard, 26-29 Home guards, 29-30 Confederate flag, 30 Support for war, 31 Oath, passes, slaves, 32 Federals and slaves, 32 Oath, provost marshal, Murfreesboro officials, 33-34 Parkhurst expedition of Chattanooga, Confederate women, 34-35 , 36 Foraging, 36-37 Provost marshal, churches, false charges against citizens, searching houses, 37-39 Methodist church, Nashville, conflict over minister, 39 Foraging, horses, corn, 40-41

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Rumors, Morgan, 41-42 Mayor, alderman, oath, 42 Forrest and Federal cavalry, 43-48 General Crittenden, 45-48 Provost marshal, 48-49 Hospitals, women, 49-50 Bragg Kentucky campaign, 50-54 Federal soldiers, 54 Confederate soldiers, 55 Stones River, Murfreesboro, 56-70 Soldiers, surgery, 64 Rosecrans comes into Murfreesboro, 64-65 Local families and wounded Confederates, 70 Fence rails, 70 Hospitals, 71 Federals and slaves, 71-72, 77 Fortifications, 73 Refugees, 74-75 Federals search houses, 75 Slang words, 76-77 Federal officers, prostitutes, 78-79 Provost marshal, 80 Federals and quarters, 80 Street cleaning, 81 Federals stealing hides from a tanyard, 81 Slaves coming through the lines, 81-83 Guard house, 82-83 Churches and hospitals, 83 Fortifications entrenchments, 85-86 Cedar from Stones River battlefield made into souvenirs, 86, 143-44 Officers make money, 86 Surgeons and doctors, 87 Cooks, 87 Ministers, chaplains, 87-89 Hospitals, 89 Methodist chaplains, 90 Rosecrans, Catholics, Easter, 90-91 Alcohol, 91 Methodist abolitionist, black minister, 91-92 Rosecrans, 93-94 Gettysburg, 94 Slaves and pleasure, 94-95 Vicksburg and Port Hudson, 95 , 96 Confederate chaplain, 96-98 Chickamauga, 98-99

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General Wheeler raid, 99-102 Ministers, abandoned property, confiscation, chaplain, businessman, 102-5 Business and merchants under military occupation, 105-6 Lincoln’s call for more troops, conscription, reenlistment, 107-8 Black soldiers, 108 Chattanooga, Bragg, 108-9 Black school, 110-113 Recruiting black soldiers, 113-114 Comparing northern and southern soldiers, 115 Smallpox, 115-16 Stones River monument, 116 Black religious meeting, 116-17 John Hunt Morgan, 117-18 Quality of soldiers, reenlistment, morale, 118-19 Fighting for emancipation, Union, 119-20 flag, 120 Christmas, 121 Length of war, 121 Confiscation and stealing, 121-22 Subjugation, 122 Wood price, 123 Prices, food, inflation, 123 Lincoln, 124 Deserters and condition of Confederate army, 124 War rumors, 124-25 Election of 1864, 125-26 Black character, slaves, soldiers, 126 Yankees, cotton, former slaves, 126-27 False accusation against women as spies, 127 Yankee impudence, watch sale, 127-28 Searching house for a Confederate uniform, really to see if there is anything worth stealing, 128 Black soldiers, 129 Small pox, 129 United States flag, Union, abolition, 129-30 Washington’s birthday, 130 Deserters and false accounts of conditions in Confederate army, 130 , local elections, 130-31 Confederate who did not much fight and has gone over to the Federals, 131 Yankees and cotton, 132 Federal regiments with too many officers, 132-33 Nathan Bedford Forrest, 133 Black soldiers, 133-34 Lincoln and Grant, 134 Search for Confederate flag that did not exist, 134-35 Northern teacher, 135-36 War and slavery, race, 137

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Black soldiers, 137 Contraband camps, 137-38 Local business, money, 138 Sale of abandoned property, Yankees, 138-40 Nathan Bedford Forrest, Fort Pillow, 140-41 Northern planters in Mississippi, 142 July 4, blacks, dinner, speech, 142-43 Black religious revival, women, 144 Atrocity of Union cavalry, 144-45 raid, local forces, 145-48 Nathan Bedford Forrest raid, 148 Murder of a Unionist, 148-51 Nathan Bedford Forrest, Rousseau, Milroy, 152-54 Blacks panic during raid, 154 Confederate prisoners, 155 Nashville convention, 155-56 Tennessee election, 1865, 157 Black celebration, 157-58 Robert E. Lee surrender, 158-59 Federal soldiers mustered out, 159 Confederate soldiers coming home, 160 United States flag raised, 160-61 Reburial of Confederates, 161-62

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