Georgia
was
virtually
under
martial
law now.
The Yankee
soldiers
garrisoned
throughout
the
section
and the
Freedmen’s
Bureau
were in
complete
command of
everything
and they
were
fixing the
rules to
suit
themselves.
This
Bureau,
organized
by the
Federal
government
to take
care of
the idle
and
excited
ex-slaves,
was
drawing
them from
the
plantations
into the
villages
and cities
by the
thousands.
The Bureau
fed them
while they
