There was a rumor that Chattanooga had been evacuated; but
it turns out that the enemy are fortifying it, and mean to keep it, while
operating in East Tennessee. It is said Gen. Grant is to bring 30,000 men to
Virginia, and assume command of the Army of the Potomac, superseding Meade. He
may be ordered to take Richmond next—if he can. Hardee is yet commanding
Bragg's army.
I saw to-day a project, in Mr. Benjamin's handwriting, for a
Bureau of Export and Import.
Mr. G. A. Myers got a passport to-day for a Mr. Pappenheimer,
a rich Jew; it was “allowed” by the Assistant Secretary of War. And a Mr.
Kerchner (another Jew, I suppose) got one on the recommendation of Col. J.
Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, to bring back stores in his saddle-bags.
Orders to-day were given that no more supplies from the
United States should be received by the Federal prisoners here. It seems that
our men in their hands are not even allowed the visits of their friends.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 2, p.
114
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