SEPTEMBER 9, 1864:
John
Beauchamp Jones writes in his diary:
We hear of great rejoicing in the United States over the fall of Atlanta, and this may be premature. President Lincoln has issued a proclamation for thanksgiving in the churches, etc.
Mr. Benjamin informs the Secretary of War that the President has agreed to facilitate the emigration of Polish exiles and a few hundred Scotchmen, to come through Mexico, etc. The former will enter our service.
The HOPE has arrived at Wilmington with Sir Wm. Armstrong’s present of a fine 12-pounder, all its equipments, ammunition, etc. Also (for sale) two 150-pounder rifled guns, with equipments, etc.
Jones’s treatment as major wartime developments of the addition of a small number of fighting men to the army and the arrival from Britain of a single blockade runner bearing three cannons speaks louder than many volumes regarding conditions in the Confederacy at this point in time.
We hear of great rejoicing in the United States over the fall of Atlanta, and this may be premature. President Lincoln has issued a proclamation for thanksgiving in the churches, etc.
Mr. Benjamin informs the Secretary of War that the President has agreed to facilitate the emigration of Polish exiles and a few hundred Scotchmen, to come through Mexico, etc. The former will enter our service.
The HOPE has arrived at Wilmington with Sir Wm. Armstrong’s present of a fine 12-pounder, all its equipments, ammunition, etc. Also (for sale) two 150-pounder rifled guns, with equipments, etc.
Jones’s treatment as major wartime developments of the addition of a small number of fighting men to the army and the arrival from Britain of a single blockade runner bearing three cannons speaks louder than many volumes regarding conditions in the Confederacy at this point in time.
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| The Blockade Runner HOPE |
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