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RECOLLECTIONS OF A CONFEDERATE GENERAL BY JUBAL DE BROOKE
Liverpool, England, December, 1863.
As if to emphasise the importance of what he was about to tell me, Arthur Harrowby placed his slice of jelly roll back on his plate. “The monies raised by the Liberty Bazaar are needed to obtain a ship, Jubal. A ship that could scarcely be more vital, vital to the Confederate cause.”
Returning his straightforward look, I replied with equal vehemence. “I cannot imagine any vessel more important than the relief of destitution among the wives and children of those boys held in Union prison camps.”
Harrowby’s voice deepened as he affected an air of melodrama. “This ship I speak of will achieve the release of your soldiers and the relief of their kin. It is a remedy for all issues. It will win
