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State of Tennessee

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State of Tennessee
<B>State of Tennessee </B>(CSA) 1862. #176. <B>$1000. </B>8% Bond. Cu. Yellow paper with red cartouche. State arms. Signed by <b>Isham G. Harris</b> as governor. Minor repaired splits, <B>VF</B>.* <BR>    <b>Isham G. Harris </b>(1818-1897) was governor of Tennessee from 1857-1862. When President Lincoln declared that there was a rebellion in the South in 1861 and asked for troops, Harris did not respond and provided no troops. This helped Tennessee to become the last state to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. By 1862 much of Tennessee was lost to the North, and Harris served as an officer for Joseph E. Johnston. After the War he fled to Mexico and then to England. He eventually returned to Tennessee and served four terms as a US Senator.