ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26.
A Fort Donelson Dispatch to the Democrat of yesterday, says that a boat just from Clarksville reports the evacuation of Nashville. The Union citizens of that place sent a boat to Clarksville, which craved one of our gunboats for their protections.
The rebels, with Gov. Harris, retreated to Murfreesboro.
Gen. Grant Declares martial law in West Tennessee, with the understanding that when a sufficient number of citizens of the State return to their allegiance and show a desire to maintain law and order over the territory, all military restrictions shall be withdrawn. Postal facilities are extended to Clarksville, and the mail bags will follow the flag.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 27, 1862, p. 1
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