My Diary: North and South (vol. 2 of 2)
CHAPTER XVI.
Attack of illness--General M‘Clellan--Reception at the White House--Drunkenness among the Volunteers--Visit from Mr. Olmsted--Georgetown--Intense heat--M‘Clellan and the Newspapers --Reception at Mr. Seward’s--Alexandria--A storm--Sudden death of an English officer--The Maryland Club--A Prayer and Fast Day--Financial difficulties 267