It was late 1863, but the mountains of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee were isolated enough that the hardships caused by the war were delayed for some time. But the South lacked manpower at home, and a series of conscription acts started to take a toll on the remaining number of men at home, leaving the women and children alone to farm. Crops and livestock were taken from them by both sides. Nowhere felt the sting of hunger, fear, and...
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