February 21, 1862

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February
21
Camp Franklin.
The “Baltimore Clipper” of
this morning brings intelligence of
the evacuations of Clarksville and
that our troops are pushing rapidly
on to Nashville. Stephens Vice
Pres’t of the Southern Confederacy is
reported to have resigned his position
and advised a return of the
seceded states. Everything portends
a grand finale to the hopes of
the rebels.
The band is discoursing some
of its sweetest music as I now
write. All are in the best of
spirits. The war news has been
powerful in its influence. Every
soldier on the Potomac is ready to
march at a moments warning