A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital
Chapter 29
Some desertion.--Lee falling back.--Men still foolishly look for foreign aid.--Speculators swarming.--God helps me to-day.--Conscripts.--Memminger shipping gold to Europe.-- Our women and children making straw bonnets.--Attack on Charleston.--Robert Tyler as a financier.--Enemy throw large shells into Charleston, five and a half miles.--Diabolical scheme.--Gen. Lee has returned to the army. 3