A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital
Chapter 46
Waning confidence in the President.--Blockade-running.--From the South.--Beauregard on Sherman.--The expeditions against Wilmington.--Return of Mr. Pollard.--The Blairs in Richmond.--Arrest of Hon. H. S. Foote.--Fall of Fort Fisher.--Views of Gen. Cobb.--Dismal.--Casualties of the war.--Peace commissioners for Washington. 371