Description: Women Will Howl : The Union Army Capture of Roswell and New Manchester, Georgia, and the Forced Relocation of Mill Workers, Paperback by Petite, Mary Deborah, ISBN 0786461144, ISBN-13 9780786461141, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In July 1864, Union General William T. Sherman ordered the arrest and deportation of more than 400 women and children from the villages of Roswell and New Manchester, Georgia. Branded as traitors for their work in the cotton mills that supplied much needed material to the Confederacy, these civilians were shipped to cities in the North (already crowded with refugees) and left to fend for themselves. This work details the little known story of the hardships these women and children endured before and--most especially--after they were forcibly taken from their homes. Beginning with the founding of Roswell, it examines the pre-Civil War circumstances that created this class of women. The main focus is on what befell the women at the hands of Sherman's army and what they faced once they reached such states as Illinois and Indiana. An appendix details the roll of political prisoners from Sweetwater (New Manchester).
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Book Title: Women Will Howl : The Union Army Capture of Roswell and New Manch
Number of Pages: 197 Pages
Publication Name: Women Will Howl : The Union Army Capture of Roswell and New Manchester, Georgia, and the Forced Relocation of Mill Workers
Language: English
Publisher: Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication Year: 2010
Subject: Children's Studies, Sociology / General, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, Women's Studies, Military
Item Height: 0.4 in
Item Weight: 12.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Mary Deborah Petite
Subject Area: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
