The reason for asking a special act instead of proceeding by claim in the Pension Bureau is this: During the civil war Mr. Strickland was aresident of the State of Tennessee. and was authorized by President Lincoln. through the War Office. to enlist a regiment of Tennessee troops for the United States service. Under this authority lie did so proceed. and enlisted citizens and refugees of his State. in numbers finally aggregating seven or eight hundred men. Many months of time and iiuch money was spent in this work. It was performed under promise of being commissioned as colonel. and the regiment wastirst designated as the Fifth. but afterward as the Eighth Tennessee Cavalry.
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