by John Beauchamp Jones
JUNE 21ST.—Clear and warmer.
Gen. Beauregard has not been removed from his command,—it would be too great a shock to popular sentiment.
The iron-clads went out this morning and proceeded down the river, supported by Custis Lee’s brigade of local troops, including the Departmental Battalion, marching a dozen miles in the sun and dust. More will be on the sick list.
