Excerpt from Daddy Ben: A Study in Black and White; Being a Story of the Lives of Real Personages During the Civil War It was at the close of the year 1864, when homes were bare, and hearts were broken with the hope deferred that mak eth the heart sick. Destitution and pe nury had superseded affluence and luxury in the beloved 'south Land. Every ef fort was being made to rally soul and body to the great point of further indur ance. When this stage of life's drama has been reached, a numbness seems to settle down on everything. One lacks a purpose in having only to endure About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.