Friday, October 12, 2012

1862 September 13 Lynchburg, Va.




[from the diary of William M. Blackford, bank officer and former diplomat with five sons in the Confederate Army]

Wednesday 13  News through Yankee chan-
-nels of a battle in Kentucky--they claim
no victory--admit the loss of four
generals killed and as gold now
in N Y. to 1.2.6. & exchanges ?/40
we may reasonably infer Victory
marched on our standards

No news from any other quarter
There seems no doubt that Lincoln
-dom is in a state of great commo-
tion; and excitement in consequence
of the Proclamation--General McClellan
has issued a mild General Order
cautioning the troops against poli-
tical discussion.  It is a very signi
ficant production and goes to corrobo-
rate the report that great  strife
trouble expected in camp on account
of the war being turned into  an
abolition war.--I do not think
six months can elapse without
a violent subversion of the Yankee
Government.- - Rain - Rain


MSS 4763

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