Heroines of Dixie Winter of Desperation Author:Katharine M. Jones, Ed. "The Yankees have taken Atlanta!" "The shades of night came on ...blackness enveloped the earth, and yet the subdued tones of mother, son and daughter mingled with unabated interest...overjoyed by the luxury of reunion. — "Hark! Hark! An explosion! An earthquake! The angry bellowing sound rises in deafening grandeur, and reverberates along the fa... more »r-off valley and distant hilltops. What is it--this might thunder.
"With blanched face and tearful eye, the approaching soldier said: 'Atlanta has surrended to the enemy...
"Dumbfounded we stood, trying to realize the crushing fact. Woman's heart could bear no more in silence, and a wail over departed hopes mingled with the angry sounds without..."« less