Averill has escaped, it is feared. But it is said one of his
regiments and all his wagons will be lost.
Gen. Longstreet writes (16th instant) that he must suspend
active operations for the want of shoes and clothing. The Quartermaster-General
says he sent him 3500 blankets a few days since.
There are fifty-one quartermasters and assistant
quartermasters stationed in this city!
Pound cakes, size of a small Dutch oven, sell at $100.
Turkeys, from $10 to $40.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 2, p.
118
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