7-5-1865: "“No permit from the military authorities is needed. . . all citizens who have always been loyal shall be permitted to carry any and all necessary side-arms, being their own private property for their personal protection"

Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig, And Rebel Ventilator, “No permit from the military authorities is needed. . . all citizens who have always been loyal shall be permitted to carry any and all necessary side-arms, being their own private property for their personal protection and common defence.”, July 5, 1865