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July 1864
Imitating the manners
and mores of a bygone century, Southern men treated their women with an
exaggerated courtesy, putting them on a pedestals built on air. Yankees
had no such delusions.
On July 9th, 1864, in
Norcross, Georgia, General William Tecumseh Sherman ordered Brigadier
General Joseph D. Webster to: "Deport those civilians working for the
Rebels. When they reach Nashville, have them sent North to the Ohio
River and turned loose to make their way back where they won't do us any
harm."
Upon entering Atlanta,
General Sherman declared: "Any female working for the Confederate war
effort will be sent as far north as Canada, penniless, and bereft of any
support."
Lorena, a Confederate
General's wife, is found working in an arms factory. She is soon thrown
into the molten crucible called the, Battle of Atlanta.
Thus begins the Odyssey
of Lorena.
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