The news is not so good to-day. Gen. Garnett's small command
has been defeated by the superior numbers of Gen. McClellan. But the general
himself was killed, fighting in the rear of his retreating men. His example
will not be without its effect. Our generals will resolve never to survive a defeat.
This will embolden the enemy to attack us at Manassas, where their suddenly
acquired confidence will be snuffed out, or I am mistaken.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 63
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