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Chapter 16

           ManynewspaperswereoutspokenintheirdenunciationofPresidentDavishimselfandthemannerinwhichheprosecutedthewar.ThereweredissensionswithintheConfederatecabinet,disagreementsbetweenPresidentDavisandhisgenerals.Thecurrencywasfallingrapidly.Shoesandclothingforthearmywerescarce,ordnancesuppliesanddrugswerescarcer.TherailroadsneedednewcarstotaketheplaceofoldonesandnewironrailstoreplacethosetornupbytheYankees.Thegeneralsinthefieldwerecryingoutforfreshtroops,andtherewerefewerandfewerfreshtroopstobehad.Worstofall,someofthestategovernors,GovernorBrownofGeorgiaamongthem,wererefusingtosendstatemilitiatroopsandarmsoutoftheirborders.Therewerethousandsofable-bodiedmeninthestatetroopsforwhomthearmywasfrantic,butthegovernmentpleadedfortheminvain.

           Withthenewfallofcurrency,pricessoaredagain.Beef,porkandbuttercostthirty-fivedollarsapound,flourfourteenhundreddollarsabarrel,sodaonehundreddollarsapound,teafivehundreddollarsapound.Warmclothing,whenitwasobtainableatall,hadrisentosuchprohibitivepricesthatAtlantaladieswereliningtheirolddresseswithragsandreinforcingthemwithnewspaperstokeepoutthewind.Shoescostfromtwohundredtoeighthundreddollarsapair,dependingonwhethertheyweremadeof"cardboard"orrealleather.Ladiesnowworegaitersmadeoftheiroldwoolshawlsandcut-upcarpets.Thesolesweremadeofwood.

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