The President, in response to the Legislative Committee,
announced that Richmond would be defended. A thrill of joy electrifies every
heart, a smile of triumph is on every lip. The inhabitants seem to know that
their brave defenders in the field will prove invincible; and it is understood
that Gen. Lee considers the city susceptible of successful defense. The ladies
are in ecstasies.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 127
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