The Richmond Bread Riots, Part I
Today, we welcome back guest author Ashley Webb. By 1863, Richmond was a major railway hub, an industrial center of the South, and the burgeoning capital of the Confederacy. With the continuation of...
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Today, we welcome back guest author, Ashley Webb. (part two of two) The Richmond Bread Riot. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. On April 1, several women met at Belvidere Hill Baptist Church in...
View ArticleThe Economic Challenges of the Confederacy
ECW welcomes back Dr. Lloyd W. Klein A drawing from the February 15, 1862, edition of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, depicts the “picking, ginning, and shipping” of cotton. Library of Congress....
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