Raining, and warm.
It is said several
hundred of the prisoners taken by Rosser in the Valley escaped, on the way to
Richmond. A relaxation of vigilance always follows success. How long can this
war last?
Hon. Mr. Staples
procured four and two months' details yesterday for two rich farmers, Messrs.
McGehee and Heard, both rosyfaced, robust men, and yet found for "light
duty" by a medical board. Thus we go. The poor and weakly are kept in the
trenches, to desert the first opportunity.
It is said a
dispatch came from Bragg yesterday (I saw it not) stating that Wheeler and some
infantry had a sharp battle with Sherman's advance, near Millen, in which the
latter suffered greatly. But reinforcements coming up, our forces fell back in
order, disputing the way.
Tea is held at $100
per pound! Wood still $100 per cord.
I saw Gen. Rains
to-day. He says he has over 2000 shell torpedoes planted along our lines around
Richmond and Petersburg.
Col. Bayne reports
the importation of 6400 packages salted meats, fish, coffee, preserved
vegetables, from Nassau, Bermuda, and Halifax, since October 1st, 1864, in
fourteen different steamers.
SOURCE: John
Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate
States Capital, Volume 2, p. 349
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