Many delegates to Convention in town. Some attempts made by
Members of Congress to influence them. The friends of Chase improve the
opportunity to exclaim against Blair.
There has been continued fighting, though represented as not
very important. Still there is heavy loss, but we are becoming accustomed to
the sacrifice. Grant has not great regard for human life.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 —
December 31, 1866, p. 45
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