"We should march on Richmond"

Saturday April 19, 1862  Gardens Corner

For some time, we had wondered what had become of the Yankees. There had not been so much agitation on there part as of late. All of us noticed how quiet it had become. Had the Yankees left? Were they up to something?

We were not just imagining things. A great number of Yankees did leave this area to go to Fort Pulaski, guarding Savannah. After a bombardment of only two days, the fort surrendered to Hunter. It was the strongest of fortifications. It was supposed to have held for months and it went up in two days. With nothing to protect it, Savannah must fall in a few days and may already have fallen.

The Confederacy is losing this war through the death of a thousand cuts. Nashville has fallen. Memphis cannot last long. Johnston is dead and Beauregard is retreating. McClellan is supposed to be within a stone's throw of Richmond.Now Pulaski and Savannah. Such incompetance and mismanagement never plauged before any other nation. We here are mightly angered. We should march on Richmond and clean out the empty-headed, stupid leaders. Is there no one in the entire Confederacy who can turn this around? Do we have any generals worth the rank?