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William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 24: autumn and winter of 1864-65 (search)
re all deserted, sombre and cheerless; and this is enhanced by the forbidding aspect of that vast district of the city which was laid in ashes three years ago, and which remains in unmolested ruins as the monument of Charleston's long and dreary pause in the grand march of improvement. Here you perceive her humiliation. The movements of the army under Gen. Hood were so rapid at this season that there was but little opportunity to conduct religious services. While that army lay near Tuscumbia, Ala., Rev. J. B. McFerrin wrote to the Southern Christian Advocate giving a sad picture of the results of the war to a once rich and beautiful country: The beautiful Valley of Tennessee is almost a waste. From Decatur to Tuscumbia there are but few plantations near the main road which have not been desolated. Many beautiful mansions, with out-houses, cotton-gins, barns, stables, and negro cabins, have been burned. Churches have been committed to the flames, and old La Grange College