During the War period, in more than two years Of which the Southern Confederacy ruled over East Tennessee, the property of these ref ugees and that Of Union people who remained at home, was seized and used or destroyed, until impoverishment and want prevailed to an alarm ing extent. In numerous instances, starvation, like a gaunt wolf, threatened the door, and the hearts Of many were sickened by hope Of suc cor long deferred; but the fire Of devotion to the Union still lived and glowed within them strong and bright until the end came.