. Civil war and reconstruction in Alabama . ort of Mo-bile never again reachedits former i860, 900,000 balesof cotton had beenshipped from the port;in 1865-1866, 400,000bales; in 1866-1867,250,000 bales; in 1876,400,000 bales. Therewas no disposition onthe part of the Wash-ington administration toremove the obstructionsin Mobile harbor. Theywere left for years andfurnished an excuse tothe reconstructionistsfor the expenditure ofstate money. ^ Nearlyall the grist-mills andcotton-gins had beendestroyed, mill-damscut, and ponds raiders never spareda cotton-gin. The cot-t
. Civil war and reconstruction in Alabama . ort of Mo-bile never again reachedits former i860, 900,000 balesof cotton had beenshipped from the port;in 1865-1866, 400,000bales; in 1866-1867,250,000 bales; in 1876,400,000 bales. Therewas no disposition onthe part of the Wash-ington administration toremove the obstructionsin Mobile harbor. Theywere left for years andfurnished an excuse tothe reconstructionistsfor the expenditure ofstate money. ^ Nearlyall the grist-mills andcotton-gins had beendestroyed, mill-damscut, and ponds raiders never spareda cotton-gin. The cot-ton, in which the government was interested, was either burned orseized and sold, and private cotton, when found, fared in the same had been the cause of much trouble to the commanders onboth sides during the war; it was considered the mainstay of the Southbefore the war and the root of all evil. So of all property it received 1 M. G. Molinari, Lettres sur les Etats-Unis et le Canada, p. 233; Somers,Southern States, pp. 181, DEVASTATIONBY INVADING AUMIES 1861-1805. 1801 1862 1803 1804 ™_1865 DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY 25/ the least consideration from the Federal troops, and was very easilyturned into All farm animals near the track pf the armies hadbeen carried away or killed by the soldiers (as at Selma), or seizedafter the occupation by. the troops. Horses, mules, cows, and otherdomestic animals had almost disappeared except in the secludeddistricts. Many a farmer had to plough with oxen. Farm andplantation buildings had been dismantled or burned, houses ruined,fences destroyed, corn, meat, and syrup taken. The plantationsin the Tennessee valley were in a ruined condition. The gin-houseswere burned, the bridges ruined, mills and factories gone, and theroads impassable.^ In the homes that were left, carpets and cur-tains were gone, for they had been used as blankets and clothes,window glass was out, furniture injured or destroyed, and crockerybroken. In t
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