Harris and Magraw, who were taken on the field of Manassas,
looking for the remains of Col. Cameron, have been liberated by Gen. Winder, on
the order of the acting Secretary of War. This is startling; for Mr. Benjamin
was the most decided man, at the time of their capture, against their
liberation. Per contra, a Mr. G., a rich New York merchant, and Mr. R., a
wealthy railroad contractor, whom I feared would break through the meshes of the
law, with the large sums realized by them here, have been arrested by the
Secretary's order, on the ground that they have no right to transfer sinews of war
to the North, to be used against us.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 80-1
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