Saturday, December 13, 2014

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 21, 1861

Received several letters to-day which had been delayed in their transmission, and were doubtless opened on the way. One was from my wife, informing me of the illness of Custis, my eldest son, and of the equivocal conduct of some of the neighbors. The Rev. Mr. D., son of the late B___p, raised the flag of the Union on his church.

The telegraphic wires are still in operation.

SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 25

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