Camp Jones, Flat Top. — A cold morning and a cloudy,
clearing off into a bright, cool day.
Last night walked with Captain Warren down to General Cox's
headquarters. Talked book; the general is a reader of the best books, quite up
in light literature; never saw the Shakespeare novels; must try to get him “Shakespeare
and his Friends.”
The extracts from Richmond papers and Jeff Davis' address to
the soldiers indicates that the Rebels are making prodigious efforts to secure
the victory in the approaching struggle. I trust our Government will see that
every man is there who can possibly be spared from other quarters. I fear part
of Beauregard's army will get there. Can't we get part of Halleck's army there?
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 291
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