"I am monarch
of all I survey." Last night, intelligence being received that an attack
was expected on Washington; we were ordered to move there instanter, and at
once the regiment was in motion. It got off in the course of the night, leaving
me here in charge of about forty men who were too sick to be moved. I am left
without provisions or money, except a few pounds of flour with which to feed
and care for the sick, and the ten well ones left with me, to aid me and to
look up deserters who have been left here. How am I to do it? I find a strong
secession element here, and at times it is very bold. The hurrahs for Jeff.
Davis are frequent, and all day the children are flaunting secession flags in
our faces, and flying secession kites in our camp ground
SOURCE: Alfred L.
Castleman, The Army of the Potomac.
Behind the Scenes. A Diary of Unwritten History; From the Organization of the
Army, by General George B. McClellan, to the close of the Campaign in Virginia
about the First Day January, 1863, p. 10
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