There is a whisper that something like a rupture has
occurred between the President and Gen. Beauregard; and I am amazed to learn
that Mr. Benjamin is inimical to Gen. B. I know nothing of the foundation for
the report; but it is said that Beauregard was eager to pass with his army into
Maryland, immediately after the battle, and was prevented. It is now quite
apparent, from developments, that a small force would have sufficed to take
Washington, a few days or weeks after the battle. But was Beauregard aware of the
fact, before the opportunity ceased to exist? It is too late now!
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 71-2
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