Cold and cloudy.
Some firing again
this morning, supposed to be merely an artillery duel. Heard from Custis, in
pencil mark on the back of envelope; and he has applied for and obtained a
transfer from ordnance duty in the rear, back to his company in the front.
It is rumored that
Sheridan has cut the road between Gordonsville and Charlottesville, and between
that place and Lynchburg. If this be true, he will probably strike south for
the Danville Road. Then we shall have confusion here, and the famine intensified. There
seems to be no concert among the military commanders, and no unity of purpose
among civil functionaries. They mistrust one another, and the people begin to
mistrust them all. Meantime the President remains inflexible.
All has been quiet
to-day. I suppose the enemy is fortifying, with an intention to move half his
army to the south side of the river—distracting us by menacing the city and
threatening our communications at the same time.
It is believed here
by the croakers that Gen. Lee has lost much of his influence, from the moment
Mr. Foote named him as Dictator in the event of one being declared.
Now, it would seem,
if the plan of Beauregard, rejected by Bragg, had been adopted, our condition
would have been better. It is the curse of Republics to be torn by the
dissensions of rival chieftains in moments of public danger!
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