Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 23, 1862

To-day I received the following note from the Secretary:

july 23d, 1862.

J. B. Jones, Esq.

Sir: — You will not issue passports except to persons going to the camps near Richmond.

Passports elsewhere will be granted by Brig.-Gen. Winder.

Respectfully,

Geo. W. Randolph,

Secretary of War.

SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 146