It is June 10, 1861.

On June 8, Tennessee voters went to the polls and chose to secede from the Union in an election marred with allegations of fraud.

But military mobilization in Tennessee, under the pro-secession governor, has been underway for weeks.

A Nashville man whose name is P. Burns is writing to his friend Ann in Missouri.

Arrived in my old State of Tennessee [after traveling] and never saw the like.

Men, women and children are imbued with the spirit of war.

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