A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital, 第 1 卷Lippincott, 1866 |
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appointed APRIL arms AUGUST batteries battle Beauregard believe Benjamin Bledsoe Bragg brigade Bureau Burnside bushel captured cavalry Charleston colonel command Confederacy Confederate Congress conscripts cotton Custis D. H. Hill DECEMBER defense destroyed dispatch doubt enemy enemy's Federal field fight force Fredericksburg Gordonsville gun-boats guns Hooker horse invader Jackson James River JANUARY Johnston Judge Campbell JULY JUNE Kentucky killed and wounded Lee's army letter from Gen loss Manassas MARCH martial law Maryland McClellan ment military Mississippi morning negroes North Carolina Northern papers OCTOBER passed passports Pemberton Potomac pound President President's prisoners Provost Marshal railroad Randolph Rappahannock regiments resigned Richmond River Roanoke Island rumor says Secretary of War Secretary's Seddon sent soldiers soon South Southern steamer suppose taken Tennessee thousand tion to-day troops Tyler United Vicksburg victory Virginia Washington West Winder Wise writes Yankees yesterday
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第 322 頁 - I have just received your note, informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy.
第 322 頁 - God as our hope and our strength. Let his name be a watchword to his corps, who have followed him to victory on so many fields. Let officers and soldiers emulate his invincible determination to do everything in the defense of our beloved country. "RE LEE, General.
第 330 頁 - The events of the last week may swell with pride the heart of every officer and soldier of this army. We have added new luster to its former renown.
第 322 頁 - Providence, are now lost to us. But while we mourn his death we feel that his spirit still lives, and will inspire the whole army with his indomitable courage and unshaken confidence in God as our hope and strength.
第 331 頁 - We have no other regret than that caused by the loss of our brave companions, and in this we are consoled by the conviction that they have fallen in the holiest cause ever submitted to the arbitrament of battle.
第 330 頁 - The major-general commanding tenders to this army his congratulations on its achievements of the last seven days. If it has not accomplished all that was expected, the reasons are well known to the army. It is sufficient to say they were of a character not to be foreseen or prevented by human sagacity or resource.
第 71 頁 - Mr. Benjamin is a frequent visitor at the department, and is very sociable : some intimations have been thrown out that he aspires to become, some day, Secretary of War. Mr. Benjamin, unquestionably, will have great influence with the President, for he has studied his character most carefully. He will be familiar not only with his "likes," but especially with his "dislikes.
第 330 頁 - In fighting at a disadvantage, we would have been recreant to our trust, to ourselves, our cause, and our country. Profoundly loyal, and conscious of its strength, the Army of the Potomac will give or decline battle whenever its interest or honor may demand. It will also be the guardian of its own history and its own fame.
第 374 頁 - ... has not men enough to withstand him, until he leads him farther into the interior. If beaten, Mobile might fall. We have no particulars yet — no comments of the Southern generals under Pemberton. But the fall of the place has cast a gloom over everything. The fall of Vicksburg, alone, does not make this the darkest day of the war, as it is undoubtedly. The news from Lee's army is appalling. After the battle of Friday, the accounts from Martinsburg now state, he fell back toward Hagerstown,...
第 373 頁 - The commanding general, therefore, earnestly exhorts the troops to abstain, with most scrupulous care, from unnecessary or wanton injury to private property, and he enjoins upon all officers to arrest and bring to summary punishment all who shall in any way offend against orders on this subject.