Chapter 12

           Thewarwenton,successfullyforthemostpart,butpeoplehadstoppedsaying"Onemorevictoryandthewarisover,"justastheyhadstoppedsayingtheYankeeswerecowards.ItwasobvioustoallnowthattheYankeeswerefarfromcowardlyandthatitwouldtakemorethanonevictorytoconquerthem.However,thereweretheConfederatevictoriesinTennesseescoredbyGeneralMorganandGeneralForrestandthetriumphattheSecondBattleofBullRunhunguplikevisibleYankeescalpstogloatover.Buttherewasaheavypriceonthesescalps.ThehospitalsandhomesofAtlantawereoverflowingwiththesickandwounded,andmoreandmorewomenwereappearinginblack.Themonotonousrowsofsoldiers’gravesatOaklandCemeterystretchedlongereveryday.

           Confederatemoneyhaddroppedalarminglyandthepriceoffoodandclothinghadrisenaccordingly.ThecommissarywaslayingsuchheavyleviesonfoodstuffsthatthetablesofAtlantawerebeginningtosuffer.Whiteflourwasscarceandsoexpensivethatcornbreadwasuniversalinsteadofbiscuits,rollsandwaffles.Thebutchershopscarriedalmostnobeefandverylittlemutton,andthatmuttoncostsomuchonlytherichcouldaffordit.Howevertherewasstillplentyofhogmeat,aswellaschickensandvegetables.

           TheYankeeblockadeabouttheConfederateportshadtightened,andluxuriessuchastea,coffee,silks,whalebonestays,colognes,fashionmagazinesandbookswerescarceanddear.

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