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J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 10 (search)
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December, 1861
Gen. Lee ordered South.
Gen. Stuart ambuscaded at Drainsville.
W. H. B. Custis returns to the Eastern Shore.
Winder's detectives.
Kentucky secedes.
Judge Perkins's resolution.
Dibble goes North.
waiting for great Britain to do something.
Mr. Ely, the Yankee M. C.
December 1
The people here begin to murmur at the idea that they are questioned about their loyalty, and often arrested, by Baltimore petty larceny detectives, who, if they were patriotic themselves (as they are all able-bodied men), would be in the army, fighting for the redemption of Maryland.
December 2
Gen. Lee has now been ordered South for the defense of Charleston and Savannah, and those cities are safe!
Give a great man a field worthy of his powers, and he can demonstrate the extent of his abilities; but dwarf him in an insignificant position, and the veriest fool will look upon him with contempt.
Gen. Lee in the streets here bore the aspect of a discontented man, fo