Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-08-14
L ssebef'S 1sccOIieCtiOn-SOu erE
Women Ds,rInS the Rebellion.

L ne hititiISiC 1Oi \stoi
Cary Egg!eston's paper on ~ Rebels
Recollections, which IS devoted to
the con,iuct ofSouthern women during
and after the var. Ee strengthens
the general testimony as to the pas
sionate and rnyie!ding devotion of the
women to ''the cause" and the hero
erty and deprivation since It became
lost" \ few incidents illustrate the
temper of the daughters of the South:
AZ oI.D FEMALE REBEL.
remember conversation between
two Of thcn-nne young wife whose
husbai.d Was in the army, and the
other an elderly lady with no husband
nor son, but with many friends and
near relatives in marching reg mcnts.
The Younger lady remarked
Pm sure | DO not hate our enemies
earnestly hope their souls may go to
heaven Int wculd ike to blow all
their mortal bodies away as fast 3 =:
they come :pon our SOL.
"Wi,y, anu Shock lie, MY dear. u re-
piled the "tECr: - don't sec why you
want thn Yankees to go 20 heaven
hone Ia Get there myself. some ,!HY.
.,u,i I'Li sure I shouldn't want to g. j
! tho''Ght I shou!d find any 81 item
there"
The oil lady was convinced from
the first that the South would fail, ARA!
she based this belief on tho facr :t:1t
we had Permitted H., Yankees =
buiI,l railroads through the &.:':,!s r,
! Stats. II Will tell you" ST. w..l,'d
say. that's what they built t;,' r':,,I~
for. They k2eT IA" So was
coming, anI they got ready for =
The railroads will whip lis You may
depend. WiiGt else were they .aaie
for We got on we'll enough without
them, and we oughp't to ]: a,.fhcdy
bald them" And no amouut O; reas-
Oniug would serve to shake h"r coH,ic-
ton that the people of the North had
built al our railroads with treacior-
o1s intent, .thoush the stock CT the
ONLY road she had ever seen was held
very largely by people along It's l;Ie,
many OF whom We're her own friends.
AYoCNG REBEL IN PI-TTICOAT5.
A young girl, ordinarily Of a very
gentle disposition, astonishad Fed
eral Colonel one day by an outburst CT
temper which served al least TO show
the earne tness of her purpose to up
hold her side OF the argument. She
lived IN Il part Of the country then for
the first time held by the Federal az
ny, and Colonel, with some NOM
bers Of his staff. made her family the
unwilling re recipients OF call one morn
ing. Seeing the piano open tie Col
Onel asked the young lady to play, but
she declined. He then went to the
instrument himself, but he had hardly
begun to play when the damsel, rails
ing the piano top, severed nearly all
Of the strings with q Ratchet, saying
to- the ast0n;shed performer rs she
did SO:
"That's my piano. and it shall not
give you minutes pleasure. The
Colonel bowed, apoiogized and re-
piled
eff al your people are as ready rs
you to make costly sacrifices, We might
as we'll go home"
And most of them were ready and
willing to make similar sacrifices, One
lady Of my acquaintance knocked III
the heads of a dozen casks of choice
wine, rather than allow some Federal
officers to sip as many glasses of it.
Another destroyed her own library,
which was very precious to her, when
that seemed the Onl Y way il which she
could prevent the staff Of q general
officer. camped near her, from enjoy
ing few hours reading III her parlor
every morning. There is
STORY OF GENERAL FORREST
which will serve to show his o, inion
of the pluck and devotion of the
Southern women. He was drawing
his men up in line of battle one day,
and it was evident that sharp ell
counter was about to take place. Some
ladies ran from Il hOuse which hap
pened to stand just i'll front Of his line,
and asked him anNiOIlsly:
"What shall we DO General, what
shall we DOE"
Strong in his faith that they only
wished to help in some way, lie re-
Piled:
81 really don't see that you can do
much, except TO stand on stumps,
wave your bonnets, and shout "Hur
rah boys =