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The financial complications of Mr. Lincoln's government were in striking contrast with the abundant & easy means which the Southern Confederacy had at least so far been able to carry on the war. The latter had been reduced to a paper currency but it had for the basis the great staple of cotton [ 3.70 out of 4.68 milion bales, supplying 80% Of England's consumption]

Pollard does not give the value of this 1860 crop
Jul 19, 2026 10:43AM
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The unfortunate commander [C-inC Scott] experienced the deep humiliation of being adjuged incompetent by the North, whose cause he had unnaturally espoused, whose armies he had sent into the field as invaders of the land of his birth. The retribution was righteous. No penalties of fortune were too severe for a general who had directed an army to trample upon the graves of his sires & despoil the homes of his kindred.
Jul 19, 2026 12:46PM
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Dimitri is on page 55 of 598
"The mask was dropped"

It's all about spot the lost cause sentences
Apr 08, 2026 05:21AM
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