The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-05-17
An idea 10 the Condition or the
South.


From the special e1rrespnn isn.s Of The
Cincinnati Gozefte, dated Greensboro, N. e.
May 3, We make the following extract, Which
iurnisfes an idea As 10 the suffering the
South has sustained in this War, and an
opinion as to what the social condition Of
the South will be after the War:
There are many facts revealed BY the sur
render, 0i great interest and deep signi6-
cance Some Of these have already been re-
ierred to in these letters The approximate
anmhilation of the able-beoied population Of
the South, is set forth in startling light
by the following figures taken from the rolls
OF Gen. Hardee' corps, representing both
present aud absent. a general conSolida-
tion Of companies and regiments took place
I a few months siDee, and in most cases whole
regiments were required to make companies
Of forty men, and often even more than
this. The following instances were selected
at raBdem from large pile OF rolls: len
regiments consolidated, 257 men three re-
giments 2l5; twenty regiments 627 eleven
regiments 4l9; Eve regiments 3S7 /; ten re-
| giments 456, representing 10000 ben on
| the original rolls one regiment 2Ol eight
regiments 424, representing 10000 Texas
troops one regiment 40 left out Of ], 200 F;
reserve artillery, ten batteries, SEQ; seven
regiments 40; eighteen regiments Tl9.-
| Single regiments unccnsolidated and not
represented above showfd the following
numbers on their rolls; l,-S2, l6, 46, l24,
%, SO, 81, lS5, "a, II, e5, fS0, IS, 50, II,
| ~, 40, 100, -
Eight companies consolidated am ounted
to 3S men; five companies 81; ten compa
nies 81, eleven companies, So ten compa-
MES G5; fifteen companies ST; ten conspa-
nies in one case 81, in another 60, The
average in Lee corps before consolidation
was about 50 men to the regiment, and these
corps represented .overrhalftS army.
Gen. Bates division has lost every Gen.
eral and field officer and three-tourths OF
| the men in battle, since the army left Dal-
| ton. 1t lost thirty per cent. at the battle
of Bentonvife alone. Other facts of the
same kind might be stated :. if it were posi-
| Bile to place the matter in stronger light.
This loss of men is but an indication of
| the exhaustion OF all the resources OF the
land, The leaders have been in deep earn
est. and have held the army and the people
to the support Of the war until nearly every
dollar and every man has been sacrificed. -
| Nothing has been spared or overlooked that
could in any way contribute to military sue
cess. The money OF the country is utterly
worthless, the people have been reduced to
| the verge Of starvation, all means Ut restock-
| ing their farms gone, and the labor OF the
entire country rendered useless for this year
| at least, as the blacks will do little, and the
whites will not be back from the armies in
time to attend to planting. For over year
| past it has been unlawful in many sections
to raise cotton, and but few Of the State.
|
any tobacco on hand, and these, with the
little tar, rosin and turpentine, of this East,
ern coast, represent all that can be charged
into available funds. The credit Of the
land is gone, its factories in great meas
ure worn out Or destr Dyed, its business re-
lations completely broken up and nearly
every house Of busincs closed. with no stock
on hand or nleans of replacing it. Their
punishment j? heavy, very ,grievous to be
borne, and will weigh upon the land for half
a century at least but one lesson has hoen
well learned. The South will never forget
the cost ei rebellion.
Her full punishment, however, has not
only begin when the armies reach their
self The teuds and mutual recriminations
growing out OF the war will last through two
generations. The rebel soldiers are very
bitter against most at home, because the
people everywhere lost heart more than n
year before any encouragement showed ii.
self in the army. Itsone sections deserters
will never he able to reside in peace. in 9TH
ers those who have been active in the. war
charged with the suffering entailed by the
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