A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary at the Confederate States Capital.

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Singerman ID: supp1725
Year: 1866
Entry: Jones, John Beauchamp. A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary at the Confederate States Capital. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1866. 2 vols.
Author/Editor: John Beauchamp Jones
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Holdings: In most academic libraries
Title: A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary at the Confederate States Capital.
Printer/Publisher: J. B. Lippincott
Language: English
Notes: Entry for Oct. 6, 1862 (vol. 1, p. 164), applauds the robbery of a "Jew store" in Richmond of $8,000 worth of merchandise ("The prejudice is very strong against the extortionists ..."). In addition, there are scattered references to Judah P. Benjamin, Abraham Charles Myers, Gustavus A. Myers, and alleged Jewish war profiteering.