The Daily Dispatch: March 30, 1863., [Electronic resource], Another Female impressment.

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Another Female impressment.

--The Atlanta (Ga.) papers state that a few days since some 15 or 20 women, residents of that city, all decently dressed, collected together on one of the principal streets and made an impressment of about 200 pounds of bacon belonging to private parties. They did it in a quiet, yet bold and determined manner, one of them quietly taking out a Colt's revolver and standing guard whilst the others removed the bacon. They first offered to buy it at prices such as the Government is paying, but finding the unwilling at such rates they of the determination to it which determination they resolutely carried out.--They were soldiers wives who had large families to support.

The Daily Dispatch: March 30, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. March 30, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Another Female impressment.