https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/076/0093 War of the Rebellion: Serial 076 Page 0092 THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN. Chapter L.
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, In the Field, near Chattahoochee River, July 9, 1864. General WEBSTER, Nashville: I have ordered the arrest of the operators at the Confederate manufactories at Roswell and Sweet Water, to be sent North. When they reach Nashville have them sent across the Ohio River and turned loose to earn a living where they won't do us any harm. If any of the principals seem to you dangerous, you may order them imprisoned for a time. The men were exempt from conscription by reason of their skill, but the women were simply laborers that must be removed from this district. W. T. SHERMAN, Major-General, Commanding.
