Civil History of the Government of the Confederate States
Civil History of the Government of the Confederate States
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" For two or more years the government, as has been detailed on page 110, levied a tax in kind, and corn, wheat, oats, bacon, mules, &c. , were sup- of the Confederate States. 159 plied by this method. In the last years of the war, a long railway between Meridian and Rich mond, over 800 miles with dilapidated equip ments, furnished the single line of transporta tion for army and supplies. For repairs of waste and loss in rails, locomotives, and other needful means, there was hardly the pretence... of establishments, and one such line as the Penn sylvania, or the Baltimore and Ohio, has to-day more ample and readier facilities and more abundant resources than the whole Confederacy then possessed.
General Gordon writes to me: "You are quite right. Every expedient was resorted to. Officers and men were detailed, when necessary, to catch fish when the season permitted. I summoned all the commissaries of my command, from corps commissaries to regi mental commissaries, before me and told each that he must send out wagons into the country, into North Carolina, to get in small quantities of supplies to keep the men from starving.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" For two or more years the government, as has been detailed on page 110, levied a tax in kind, and corn, wheat, oats, bacon, mules, &c. , were sup- of the Confederate States. 159 plied by this method. In the last years of the war, a long railway between Meridian and Rich mond, over 800 miles with dilapidated equip ments, furnished the single line of transporta tion for army and supplies. For repairs of waste and loss in rails, locomotives, and other needful means, there was hardly the pretence... of establishments, and one such line as the Penn sylvania, or the Baltimore and Ohio, has to-day more ample and readier facilities and more abundant resources than the whole Confederacy then possessed.
General Gordon writes to me: "You are quite right. Every expedient was resorted to. Officers and men were detailed, when necessary, to catch fish when the season permitted. I summoned all the commissaries of my command, from corps commissaries to regi mental commissaries, before me and told each that he must send out wagons into the country, into North Carolina, to get in small quantities of supplies to keep the men from starving.
What to read after Civil History of the Government of the Confederate States?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by J L M Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry to read onlineMoreLess
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