Executive Department
Nashville, Tennessee
April 15, 1861
Hon. Simon Cameron
Secretary of War
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Your dispatch of the 15th Inst. informing me that Tennessee is called upon for
two Regiments of Militia for immediate service is received.
Tennessee will not furnish a single man for purposes of coercion but 50,000 if
necessary for the defense of our rights and those of our southern brothers.
Isahm G. Harris, Governor of Tennessee