How Beauty Was Saved

lking about the political situation, the number of Presidential candidates, and the possible results of the election. Suddenly one of them said, "Yes, there is trou

she dreamed that she, like the "Maid of[42] Monterey," gave food a

and the college girls marched down to the barracks on the river to see our soldiers drill. The women and girls went to work making clothes and little conveniences for the soldiers to take with them. In a few weeks we were th

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n the army! For a time all was excitement, gaiety, and preparation; bands played, soldiers drilled, and citizens flocked to the camps to encourage and help in every way possible. One sad day orders came

in the sun. Sweet potatoes were sliced thin, cut in little pieces, browned in an oven, ground in a coffee mill, and a breakfast drink made from them. It looked like coffee, it was not injurious, so it was cheerfully taken in place of fragrant Mocha. Okra seed, parched corn meal, and parched peanuts were also used for[45] making a morning drink. "Confederate cake" was made by sifting corn meal through a sieve, and then through cloth. Rice was harvested, and husked in a wooden mortar, a work which required time and strength. All dress-goods became scarce—calico wa

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they had no shelter and no means of living outside[47] of the city. Then followed the sieges on the Mississippi River, Port Hudson, and Vicksburg. Night after night and all day long we could hear the heavy guns booming and the dead

f food, and would be glad if the citizens would send out something to the road on which they were marching. Every family in the country began to prepare food; quantiti

was lying, entirely disabled, only four miles away. After the battle the sick and wounded were taken to Green-well Springs, a pretty little summer resort near us, where a hospital was established, mattresses being laid on[49] the floors of the parlors and dining-room of the hotel. Southern women then proved their love and devotion to their country's defenders. Every day

e General and several of his staff as guests, a heavy storm gathered. The[50] rain fell in torrents all the afternoon. My parents urged the guests to spend the night as it

Green-well Springs as a sacred spot where hands, heads, and he

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