Gen. Wise now resolved to ask for another command, to make
another effort in defense of his country. But, when he waited upon the
Secretary of War, he ascertained that there was no brigade for him. Returning
from thence, some of his officers, who had escaped the trap at Roanoke, crowded
round him to learn the issue of his application.
“There is no Secretary of War !” said he. “What is Randolph?”
asked one.
“He is not Secretary of War!” said he; “he is merely a clerk,
an underling, and cannot hold up his head in his humiliating position, He
never will be able to hold up his head, sir.”
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 119 -20
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