The Roswell Women
September 4, 2010 | In: Books
Product Description
From the pages of the American Civil War comes a unique story of 450 Southern women and children, who were arrested for treason by Union General Sherman for working in the Roswell, Georgia mills, weaving gray wool for Confederate uniforms. In an act decried as brutal by both North and South alike, the penniless young women were uprooted from their families, loaded in boxcars , given nine days’ food rations, and shipped north, never to be heard from again. Using thi… More >>



1 Response to The Roswell Women
Carol A. Hacker
September 4th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
I loved this book for it’s history. I live 5 miles from Roswell, GA where the story begins. I found it especially engaging.
Rating: 5 / 5