April 24, 1863, Daily Mississippian (Jackson, Mississippi)
The Greensboro (Miss.) Motive, says we can scarcely pass a house when traveling but that we hear the hum of a wheel and the noise of a loom–worked by some fair hand, which is busily engaged in making clothes for some dear ones in the army. Go to church and there you can tell where home industry is–see the fair ones with bright eyes and glowing cheeks, dressed in their beautiful homespun. It is not with them who can sport the finest silks, but who can make the prettiest homespun.–How beautiful and comely they look in these dresses! God bless these fair ladies who are doing such a noble part by our soldiers. Can such a people be subjugated?