The links below will direct you to some interesting facts concerning the lady "Mill Workers" who were sent north on the orders of General Sherman.
http://www.thesouthernpartisan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/70.1-ARCHIVERoswellFile-26p.pdf
http://www.11alive.com/news/article/200544/40/ROSWELL-The-400-missing-women-of-1864