AUGUST 24, 1863:
Southern
morale continues to deteriorate in the wake of the Union’s July victories at
Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Tullahoma, as seen in this diary entry:
“Our army under
General Lee continues to retreat into Virginia but the Yankees are not pressing
the action. We hear that down south that the Yankees are converging on eastern
Tennessee and Confederate reinforcements will be needed. Lee is sending two
divisions under General Longstreet down to that area. We will be taking a train
and hope to be there in a few days to join General Braxton Bragg. No matter
where we go the North always seems to have more soldiers.”
