I cannot perceive that our army increase[e]s much in
strength, particularly in Virginia. The enemy have now over 660,000 in the
field in various places, and seem to be preparing for a simultaneous advance.
It is said millions of securities, the property of the
enemy, are transferred to the United States. It is even intimated that the men
engaged in this business have the protection of men in high positions on
both sides. Can it be possible that we have men in power who are
capable of taking bribes from the enemy? If so, God help the country!
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 85-6
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