Forget-me-nots of the Civil War - a romance, containing reminiscences and original letters of two Confederate soldiers (1909) (14759571521)

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Title: Forget-me-nots of the Civil War : a romance, containing reminiscences and original letters of two Confederate soldiers
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Battle, Laura Elizabeth Lee
Subjects: Battle, Laura Elizabeth Lee Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 4th. Company F Women
Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Press A. R. Fleming Printing Co.
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



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of the children, at that timewas about sixteen, and still continued to help motherwith the sewing. The work was slow coming in andvery slow going out. Each garment was a lesson intailored work for mother and sister to learn on, butthe prices charged were so small that it was littlemore than starvation wages they were working sohard to make. It took them fully two weeks to makea suit of clothes, so it needs must take a long timeto do more than keep the cruel despot, hunger, fromentering ruthlessly into this little household. We,children, were not looking for dress or luxuries; in-deed, we were daily impressed by the fact that ourmother was doing all she could do for us and we weresatisfied. Many and many times have we seen hersit and weep because we did not have the things shewanted us to have but could not afford to get for us,but we never dared complain at our lot, because motheralways felt so keenly our poverty,—besides, we werebetter off than many of our neighbors, for our garden
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Uncle Ned. HOW I FIRST M£T UNCXE) N£D. 179 and fruit trees were in a flourishing condition and wehad plenty fruit and vegetables and some to spare.Meat, however, was a scarce commodity and one thatour soldiers had relieved us of, for, what GeneralWheelers cavalry left, General Johnstons men fin-ished up, as no one around our village could resist theappeal of a hungry Confederate soldier, and our meatwas eaten up by them months before the Yankee armycame through our town. A piece of meat was sucha rarity that it was either given to us in small portionsor else it was cooked the second time with vegetablesto give them a seasoning. I never liked it and onlyate it because mother said children always lookedputty-colored when they never ate meat. Not want-ing to look putty-colored, I ate it. I had a sweet tooth,though, and loved candy and sugar and the many goodthings made with sugar; but, alas, candy was clear outof reach and the money to buy it was hopelessly be-yond our power of obtaini