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Florida During the Civil War (University of Florida Press, 1963) Murphree, R. Boyd. "Florida and the Civil War: A Short History". Florida Memory. Nulty, William H. Confederate Florida: The Road to Olustee (University of Alabama Press, 1994) Taylor, Paul. Discovering the Civil War in Florida: A Reader and Guide (2nd edition). Sarasota, Fl.
Interest-paying money was one of the unique aspects of Confederate public finance. On April 1, 1864, the Currency Reform Act of 1864 went into effect. This decreased the Southern money supply by one-third. However, because of Union control of the Mississippi River, until January 1865 the law was effective only east of the Mississippi. [3]
The main prewar agricultural products of the Confederate States were cotton, tobacco, and sugarcane, with hogs, cattle, grain and vegetable plots. Pre-war agricultural production estimated for the Southern states is as follows (Union states in parentheses for comparison): 1.7 million horses (3.4 million), 800,000 mules (100,000), 2.7 million dairy cows (5 million), 5 million sheep (14 million ...
The Confederate States Department of the Treasury was the department of the executive branch of the Confederate States of America responsible for the administration of the economic affairs of the Confederacy. These affairs including the issuing of debt, the collecting of taxes, the printing of money, and the administration of customs.
Journal of the Civil War Era 6.3 (2016): 347-375 online. Weber, Thomas. The Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861–1865 (1999) Weiman, David F., and John A. James. “The Political Economy of the US Monetary Union: The Civil War Era as a Watershed.” American Economic Review 97#2 (2007), pp. 271–75, online. Weisman, Steven R.
See New Orleans in the American Civil War: 2. Charleston, South Carolina 40,522 22 1865 See Charleston in the American Civil War: 3. Richmond, Virginia 37,910 25 1865 See Richmond in the American Civil War: 4. Mobile, Alabama 29,258 27 1865 5. Memphis, Tennessee 22,623 38 1862 6. Savannah, Georgia 22,619 41 1864 7. Petersburg, Virginia 18,266 ...
Republicans have reached deep into the well of cultural grievances, resuscitating the battle over Confederate monuments. | Opinion
Civil War historian Allen C. Guelzo describes the first Confederate secretaries of war and state, LeRoy Pope Walker of Alabama and Robert Toombs of Georgia, respectively—as "brainless political appointees." [3] The cabinet's performance suffered due to Davis's inability to delegate and propensity to micromanage his Cabinet officers. [7]