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Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
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Confederate newspaper doubts positive reports from Kentucky, citing surgeon Dr. W. A. Thompson's account of Union subjugation of the population, with only Southern women remaining loyal, amid 30,000+ troops enforcing terror in central and northern areas.
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Kentucky
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people completely subjugated; reign of terrorism prevailing.
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The Rebel Banner doubts favorable reports from Kentucky. Dr. W. A. Thompson reports the people completely subjugated, with only ladies manifesting favor to the South. Over thirty thousand troops in Central and Northern Kentucky: eight thousand at Danville, six thousand at Lexington, two thousand at Frankfort, six thousand between Louisville and Frankfort. They hold the people in complete awe.