Nothing additional has been received from Gen. Bragg, but
there is reason to believe Rosecrans is fortifying Chattanooga, preparatory to
crossing the river and retreating northward with all possible expedition.
From the Upper Rappahannock there is much skirmishing, the
usual preliminary to a battle; and Kemper's brigade, of Pickett's division,
went up thither last night, and it may be probable that a battle is imminent.
Lee is apt to fight when the enemy is present facing him. The victory of Bragg
has lifted a mountain from the spirits of the people, and another victory would
cast the North into the “slough of despond.”
Gen. C. J. McRae, and another gentleman, have been directed
to investigate the accounts of Major Caleb Huse, the friend and agent of Col.
Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance. Gen. McR. writes from Folkestone, England, to Col.
G. that the other gentleman not having appeared, he is undertaking the work
himself, and, so far, the accounts are all right. Messrs Isaac, Campbell &
Co. (Jews), with whom the Ordnance Bureau has had large transactions, have
afforded (so far) every facility, etc.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 2, p.
53
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