Still nothing definite from Kentucky, more than the retreat of
Bragg. Gen. Loring is here — he would not act upon the suggestions of Lee, and
so he is recalled.
The government is uneasy about Richmond. They want a portion
of Lee's army sent hither. But Lee responds, that although he is not advised of
the condition of things on the south side of James River, yet, if he detaches a
portion of his army, he may be too weak to encounter McClellan, if he should
advance.
I saw the Secretary again this morning; he wished me to turn
over all the passport business to the military. I said I was glad to be rid of that
business, and would never touch it again.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 174
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