A Display of Southern Thrift and
Independence
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The Saint Simons Post
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A Badge of Female
Disloyalty.--We find the
following paragraph in the
news columns of the New
Orleans Era:
Not to wear crinoline
has become a badge of secesh
principles in the Southwest.
Although hooped skirts are
plentiful at Memphis, the
rebel women have agreed
among themselves not to
wear them. It is their secret
sign--their badge--their rebel
flag. No longer allowed to
flaunt past our brave fellows
with their emblems of
treason pinned to their
dresses and bonnets, they
have hit upon this plan.
They will wear no more
hoops. That is their rebel
mark now, and one the other
day, when asked if such was
the reason, tossed up her
head and said: "Yes, it is,
and you Yankees can't make
us wear hoops, neither."
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Covering for the Soldiers.
The constant
demand for blankets for the
soldiers, has induced the
Lady Managers of the
Wayside Home to make
arrangements for receiving
any donations which the
citizens may feel disposed to
make for the purpose.
Persons wishing to give their
carpets, to be made up into
blankets, are notified that
they will be received by Capt.
Hardee, at the Home. If
already made up, will be so
much gained—but if this is
not convenient, the ladies
will have them made a
suitable size; and being
desirous to give the
employment to the needy
women, will be glad of any
friends for aiding the work.
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Ladies' Knitting Society.
Ladies engaged in
knitting socks for the Society
will please hand them in on
or before Saturday morning,
to be forwarded on to the
Quartermaster General of
Georgia. The weather is
getting cold, and our soldiers
are greatly in need of them.
Carrie Bell Sinclair,
President Ladies' Knitting
Society.
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The Sharpshooters.—
Quartermaster Hirsch
informs us that he has on
hand an ample supply of
under-clothing which he will
turn over to Lieut. Molina for
his needy comrades. So far
very good. Now let the ladies
send forward the socks and
the house-keepers their
carpets, and we shall be able
to secure out boys in the
mountains at least against
freezing.
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Our Suffering Army—To the Citizens of Savannah.
We desire to appeal earnestly to our citizens
in behalf of suffering Georgians now encamped
among the bleak mountains of Tennessee. The Firs
Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters are men for whom
we would claim their immediate and [illegible]. In a
rigorous climate, exposed to all its inclemencies
these cold November days and nights, these brave
men are guarding the portals of our homes, all of
them without proper provisions for bodily health
and comfort, and very many without a shoe or sock
on their feet or a blanket to cover them when asleep.
This is more than humanity can bear, and as a
necessary consequence they are sickening and dying
under the terrible ordeal. With the hope of relief
from home, they have deputed one of their number,
Lieut. Molina, to repair to Savannah and make an
appeal in their behalf for such comforts as the
Government finds it impossible now to provide. He
arrived here yesterday, and that all may fully
comprehend the nature of his mission and the
necessity for prompt and liberal action on their part,
we copy the following official letter from the
commander of the Battalion.
Headquarters Wilson's Brigade,
Near Chattanooga, Nov. 10.
Lieut. Col. G. W. Brent, A. A. G.:
Colonel—I have the honor very respectfully
to request that Lieut. M. Molina, Co. D, 1st Batt. Ga.
S. S., be granted permission to visit Savannah, Ga.,
for fifteen days, for the purpose of procuring from
the various Relief Associations (and by voluntary
subscriptions) at that place and its vicinity, blankets,
shoes, and other articles of clothing, for the men of
the 1st Battalion, Ga. S. S.
As Commandant proper of that corps, I
have respectfully to state that every possible exertion
has been made to procure from government
(through the proper channels and in conformity
with Regulations) the articles referred to, without
success. The men are in a destitute and suffering
condition, being without blankets, having lost them,
with their knapsacks, in the first retreat from
Jackson, Miss., and a number barefooted.—This
battalion was raised and organized in the city of
Savannah, is well known and thought of there, and I
feel quite assured that Lieut. Molina's visit to that
city in behalf of the destitute soldiers of the 1st
Battalion Ga. S. S. will be productive of much benefit
to them, enabling him to procure covering for at
least a great number of the men, if not the whole.
Trusting that the commanding General will
grant the permission applied for and thus relieve the
actual suffering of the soldiers of the 1st Battalion
Ga. S. S.
I have the honor to be, Colonel,
Very respectfully your ob't ser't,
Arthur [illegible],
Major 1st Batt. Ga. S. S., Com'dg Wilson's Brigade.
Here is the picture; and now can our people
look upon it unmoved? Will they not come to the
relief of these brave men, and do it without a day's
delay? How can it be done? We will tell them. To
procure shoes at this time is out of the question, but
such articles as socks, thick underclothes, and
covering are at our command, and should be freely
offered, even though it should cost us something of
luxury, or even of comfort. Those who remain
quietly at their homes should certainly be willing to
divide with the poor soldier who shivers under the
cold blasts of winter for the protection of those
homes. Blankets are not to be had, but is there a
man or woman in Savannah who will consent to
enjoy the luxury of a carpet whilst these brave
defenders are without a covering for their bodies?
We hope there is not one. Then let some of the
thousands of carpets in Savannah be taken up and
devoted to saving the soldiers from exposure and
death. They can be readily converted into blankets
of convenient size, and those who are unable to do
the work can be accommodated by sending their
carpets to either of the editors, who will see that they
are made up and got ready for shipment.
The ladies can certainly furnish a few
hundred pairs of socks in the course of a week and if
the Government Quartermaster will supply the
osnaburgs we engage to have it speedily converted
into warm underclothing. Let us move straightway
in the matter, and move effectually.
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Sweet Water, East Tennessee,
November 11th, 1863.
. . . The country is a very beautiful and fertile one,
but the people are strongly Union, most of them
having left their homes at the approach of our army
and taken refuge behind the enemy. This is
shameful, and every speck of property of theirs
which falls into our hands should be instantly
confiscated. Those citizens who remained say that
the enemy forced many to take the oath, and
afterwards spread the report, when our army
advanced, that we made it a capital offense and
hung all those who took the oath, if caught
afterwards. By this means many were made to leave
their homes, but it is not a proof that the cowardly
Union sentiment does not abound, for there are
people here who refuse to sell, except for greenbacks
or specie, anything they have. No steps are taken to
suppress it, and the soldiers see it daily practiced
with impunity. Some of our paroled soldiers were
forced to take the oath and even made to advance
into greater crime by joining the enemy against their
own homes. Woe be unto their necks if Longstreet
catches them. . .
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Tout le Monde.