Saturday, August 30, 2014

Senator James W. Grimes to Elizabeth S. Nealley Grimes, July 29, 1861

The enemy's pickets are close upon us, but we have no fears of what the result is to be. Our new general is here, and inspires great confidence. Would that we had the same confidence in some of the members of the cabinet!

SOURCE: William Salter, The Life of James W. Grimes, p. 147

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