From the Richmond Enquirer,
11/26/1862, p. 2, c. 6
THE CONFEDERATE STABLES are located on the corner of
Capitol and 10th streets, and are an “institution.” There are horses
here belonging to officials in authority, from the President of the Confederacy
down to the orderlies of the local military authorities. They number one hundred
and four in all, exclusive of horses and mules used for ambulances and
miscellaneous services. The Government pays for their feed, and they flourish.
The noble steed of General Johnston munches his fat ear of corn alongside the
less noble animal of Corporal Twiggs, and the aid-de-camp and the gay lieutenant
find here a home and an auction house for the fancy nags that from time to time,
they contrive to “raise.” We cannot speak too well of the style in which these
stables are kept, for under the charge of Mr. George L. Earnest, they have been
rendered ne plus ultra, so far as the feeding and treatment of the horses are
concerned. He is a proper man for a number one establishment of the kind and we
congratulate the generals, corporals, and fast-goers generally, whose horses he
has the keeping of, upon the good luck of enjoying his service.
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