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"Exile in Richmond: the Confederate Journal of Henri Garidel (Univ Press of Va, 2001) is a superbly edited account of wartime life in Richmond, translated from the French of a Louisianian stuck back east with his wife and family in New Orleans. He gets a job as bookkeeper/accountant in army Ordnance Bureau. Saturday 19 Nov 1864 he writes: "I am sitting at my desk writing in my journal. Colonel [Julius A.] DeLagnel [asst to Gorgas] is here as well as Captain [R. Henry] Glenn [Garidel's 44-year old supervisor]. who is BUSY BLACKING A REVOLVER SHEATH WITH INK [my emphasis]." Not having noticed this practice before, I call it to general attention. (Yes, I've read the discussion of CS brown vs. black.)
This book would also be of interest to the civilian impressionists--this man's near-starvation status is in stark contrast with the tales of war-time partying among the better-off. He would be considered a lowly civil servant today.
David Winfred Gaddy
Signals, Ciphers, and Secret Service, CSA
This book would also be of interest to the civilian impressionists--this man's near-starvation status is in stark contrast with the tales of war-time partying among the better-off. He would be considered a lowly civil servant today.
David Winfred Gaddy
Signals, Ciphers, and Secret Service, CSA