SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 104-5
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 13, 1862
The department leaves Gen. Wise to his superior officer,
Gen. Huger, at Norfolk, who has 15,000 men. But I understand that Huger says
Wise has ample means for the defense of the island, and refuses to let him have
more men. This looks like a man-trap of the “Red-tapers” to get rid of a popular
leader. I hope the President will interfere.
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