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Chapter 8

           InAtlanta,thereweremachinefactoriestediouslyturningoutmachinerytomanufacturewarmaterialstediously,becausetherewerefewmachinesintheSouthfromwhichtheycouldmodelandnearlyeverywheelandcoghadtobemadefromdrawingsthatcamethroughtheblockadefromEngland.TherewerestrangefacesonthestreetsofAtlantanow,andcitizenswhoayearagowouldhaveprickeduptheirearsatthesoundofevenaWesternaccentpaidnoheedtotheforeigntonguesofEuropeanswhohadruntheblockadetobuildmachinesandturnoutConfederatemunitions.Skilledmenthese,withoutwhomtheConfederacywouldhavebeenhardputtomakepistols,rifles,cannonandpowder.

           Almostthepulsingofthetown’sheartcouldbefeltastheworkwentforwardnightandday,pumpingthematerialsofwaruptherailwayarteriestothetwobattlefronts.Trainsroaredinandoutofthetownatallhours.Sootfromthenewlyerectedfactoriesfellinshowersonthewhitehouses.Bynight,thefurnacesglowedandthehammersclangedlongaftertownsfolkwereabed.Wherevacantlotshadbeenayearbefore,therewerenowfactoriesturningoutharness,saddlesandshoes,ordnance-supplyplantsmakingriflesandcannon,rollingmillsandfoundriesproducingironrailsandfreightcarstoreplacethosedestroyedbytheYankees,andavarietyofindustriesmanufacturingspurs,bridlebits,buckles,tents,buttons,pistolsandswords.Alreadythefoundrieswerebeginningtofeelthelackofiron,forlittleornonecamethroughtheblockade,andtheminesinAlabamawerestandingalmostidlewhiletheminerswereatthefront.Therewerenoironpicketfences,ironsummerhouses,irongatesorevenironstatuaryonthelawnsofAtlantanow,fortheyhadearlyfoundtheirwayintothemeltingpotsoftherollingmills.

           HerealongPeachtreeStreetandnear-bystreetsweretheheadquartersofthevariousarmydepartments,eachofficeswarmingwithuniformedmen,thecommissary,thesignalcorps,themailservice,therailwaytransport,theprovostmarshal.

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