 It pointed out that the slave states had furnished twice as many volunteers as the free states and territories, though it did not note that slave states were the ones who most supported the war.On March 19, the editors of the Clarksville "Chronicle" endorsed a pro-Union candidate for state senator in Robertson, Montgomery, and Stewart counties.On April 2, the Memphis "Daily Appeal" ran a satirical obituary for Uncle Sam, proclaiming him to have died of "irrepressible conflict disease," after having met Abraham Lincoln.