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J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 8 (search)
e, vainly hoping our army would cross the Potomac and deliver his native State, and finding his finances diminishing, he sought permission of the Secretary to return temporarily to his family in Maryland, expecting to get them away and to save some portion of his effects. His fidelity was vouched for in strong language by Mr. Hunter, and yet the application has been refused! I infer from this that Mr. Benjamin is omnipotent in the cabinet, and that Mr. Hunter cannot remain long in it. October 15 I have been requested by Gen. Winder to-day to refuse a passport to Col. M — r to leave the city in any direction. So the colonel is within bounds I learn that he differed with Gen. Winder (both from Maryland) in politics. But if he was a Whig, so was Mr. Benjamin. Again, I hear that Col. M. had some difficulty with Col. Northrop, Commissary-General, and challenged him. This is a horse of another color. Col. N. is one of the special favorites of the President. October 16 Col.
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, XIX. October, 1862 (search)
erhaps, we shall have a purely military government; and it may be as good as any other. Gold, in the North, is selling at 28 per cent. premium; and Exchange on England at $1.40. This is an indication that the Abolitionists are bringing distress upon their own country. The financial bill did not pass-so there is to be no forced loan. Neither did a bill, making Confederate notes a legal tender-so there will be a still greater depreciation. Gen. Hardee is a lieutenant-general. October 15 A young man showed me a passport to-day to return to Washington. It appears that Secretary Randolph has adopted another plan, which must be a rare stroke of genius. The printed passport is by order of the Secretary of War, and is signed by J. H. Winder, Brig.-Gen. But this is not all: on the back it is approved-by order of Major-Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, and signed by one of Smith's adjutants. So the command of the Secretary of War is approved by the New Yorker, Smith, after being firs
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 32 (search)
hroats?) to the enemy. He says he is endeavoring to strike at Meade, and has already captured, this week, some 600 of the enemy (cavalry), including that number of horses. The Secretary sent the requisite notice to the editors. Gen. Gilmer, at Charleston, suggests the removal of the guns on the boats in that harbor to land batteries, to be commanded by officers of the navy. An order has been sent to Gen. S. Jones, West Virginia, for the 8th and 14th Regiments Virginia Cavalry. October 15 To-day, at 12 M., I saw a common leatherwing bat flying over the War Department. What this portends I do not pretend to say, perhaps nothing. It may have been dislodged by the workmen building chimneys to the offices of the department. The order of the government conscribing all foreign residents who have acquired homes in this country, and the expulsion of the British consuls, will immediately be followed by another exodus of that class of residents. Already passports are daily
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 44 (search)
ppropriate-the President uses this word rather than improper, as he cannot dispense with either the Secretary or his assistant just now — to have consulted him before taking any steps whatever in the business. He seems vexed, even at Mr. S. October 15 A bright and glorious day-above. All was quiet yesterday below, indicating that the enemy suffered severely in the last assault on our lines. But we have nothing from Georgia. From the Valley, our cavalry had the misfortune to lose Quiet below, but it is rumored that the enemy has erected one or two sand batteries, mounted with 400-pounders, bearing on our fleet of gun-boats. The following dispatch was received from Gen. Hood to-day: 9 miles South of Lafayette, Ga., Oct. 15th, via Selma, Oct. 17th, 1864. Gen. Bragg. This army struck the communications of the enemy about a mile above Resaca on the 12th inst., completely destroying the railroad, including block-houses, from that point to within a short distance of