Mortimer Thompson assures us that he finds it pay down here very well, if it “were not for this cursed blockhead of a Commanding General!” Alas! how that ghost still stands in the way of the enterprising journalist!
Reid reflects on the challenges faced by journalists in Savannah due to military restrictions.
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We are all washed under, and the most of us only live peaceable lives by the sufferance of our Rebel neighbors.
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