November 16, 2019November 16, 2019U.S. Civil War Indicator of soldier’s pay late in the Civil War. Racial disparity in pay rates. Hymns of the Republic by S. C. Gwynne cites an editorial on May 1, 1864 in the Chicago Tribune titled “Read and […]
January 19, 2019January 20, 2019Other eras, U.S. Civil War Inflation factors during the Civil War and an indication of relative wages in the 1860s. An insightful indicator of wages during the Civil War can be found in The Cause Lost: Myths and Realities of the Confederacy, […]
January 19, 2019January 19, 2019U.S. Civil War Covering the controlled territory, battles, and casualties of the Civil War in a very short video? A superb creative visualization. Note: This was originally posted on September 11, 2013 at my other blog, Nonprofit Update. It is cross-posted here because it kinda’ […]
July 20, 2018January 19, 2019U.S. Civil War Travel times during mid 1800s. Here are a few data points from the Civil War era for travel times and logistics as mentioned in William Tecumseh Sherman: […]
July 19, 2018January 19, 2019U.S. Civil War Cost of nice houses in mid 1800s. Gifts to public officials from private citizens. Another set of financial data points from the Civil War for housing costs may be found in William Tecumseh Sherman: In the […]
July 18, 2018January 19, 2019U.S. Civil War Salary for top level military leaders during and after the American Civil War This may not be ancient finances, but salary paid to the senior level military commanders in the 1860s and 1870s provides a […]