George Graham Vest (Congressional Biographical Directory)

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“Vest, George Graham,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000091.
VEST, George Graham, a Senator from Missouri; born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., December 6, 1830; graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1848 and from the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1853; admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Georgetown, Mo.; moved to Boonville, Mo., in 1856; Democratic presidential elector in 1860; member, State house of representatives 1860-1861; judge advocate with the Confederate forces in Missouri in 1862; served in the house of representatives of the Confederate Congress from Februa
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present

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In Knoxville, editor "Parson" Brownlow famously rejects invitation to enlist in Confederate army

The outspoken Methodist preacher and publisher of the pro-Union Knoxville Whig, William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow rejected in a letter a cynical call from Gideon Pillow for him to join a regiment of Tennessee volunteers Pillow was raising for the Confederacy.  Brownlow answered cordially but concluded by saying that "when I shall have made up my mind to go to hell, I will cut my throat and go direct, and not travel round by way of the Southern Confederacy."   (By John Osborne)    
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In Washington, DC, the District of Columbia militia called out and sworn in for three months

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