Harrison v. Wisdom

The defendants were, on the 17th of February, 1862, citizens of the city of Clarksville, and were present and participated in the proceedings of a public meeting of the citizens of said city, convened at the Mayor’s office on that day. The meeting was called to concert measures for the protection of the people of said city in anticipation of an immediate invasion by the Federal forces, to whom Fort Donel-son, which seems to have been regarded as the military key to Clarksville, had surrendered on the day preceding. The city of Clarksville was about thirty miles distant from Fort Donelson, and…