There are indications of military operations on a large
scale on the Potomac. We have intelligence that McDowell is making preparations
to advance against our forces at Manassas. Gen. Johnston is expected to be
there in time; and for that purpose is manœuvring Gen. Patterson out of the way. Our men have caps
now — and will be found in readiness. They have short-commons under the
Commissary Department; but even with empty stomachs, they can beat the Yankees
at the ordeal of dying. Fighting is a sport our men always have an appetite
for.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 60
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