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of the mysterious and magical, moss-hung, magnolia-scented South
To
Charlestonians as well"Proud and arrogant
Charleston" was the refrain in New York and Boston newspapers
Union
military officials were determined to destroy the flower-filled,
pastel-painted old cityThe harbor entrance was blockaded first;
later, gun emplacements on nearby islands fired birkin bag hermes shells into narrow
streets and houses in a siege that lasted for almost six hundred days;
finally Sherman's Army came with its torches to burn the plantation
houses on the riversWhen the Union troops marched in to occupy
their
prize, they faced a desolate ruinWild grasses grew in the streets
and choked the gardens of windowless, shell-scarred, broken-roofed
housesThey also faced a decimated population that louis vuitton duffle bag had become as
proud and arrogant as their Northern reputationOutsiders were no
longer welcome in CharlestonPeople repaired their roofs and
windows
as best they could and locked their doorsAmong themselves, they
restored the cherished habits of gaietyThey met for dancing in
looted drawing rooms where they toasted the South in water from
cracked
and mended cups"Starvation parties," they called their Cartier tank gatherings,
and laughedThe days of French champagne in crystal flutes might be
gone, but they were still CharlestoniansThey had lost their
possessions but they had almost two centuries of shared tradition and
styleNo one could take that from themThe War was over, but they
weren't defeatedThey would never be defeated, no matter what the
damn Yankees didNot so long as they stuck togetherAnd kept
everyone else out replica rolex submariner of their closed circleThe military occupation and
the outrages of Reconstruction tested their mettle, but they held
fast
One by one the other states of the Confederacy were readmitted to the
Union, their state governments restored to the state's populationBut
not South CarolinaAnd especially not CharlestonMore than nine
years after the end of the War, armed soldiers patrolled the old
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