Category Archives: Economics

The Economic Challenges of the Confederacy

Posted on July 29, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes back Dr. Lloyd W. Klein Jefferson Davis brought to the Confederate Presidency long experience in the military and in politics, including service in the US Senate and the War Department.  Nevertheless, he was not a very good executive. … Continue reading →

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US Government Financing of the Civil War

Posted on July 27, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes guest author Dr. Lloyd W. Klein Faced with the problem of financing a major war, President Abraham Lincoln and his Treasury Secretary, Salmon P. Chase, found innovative solutions that remain foundational of the contemporary US economy. Some of … Continue reading →

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The Paradox of the Lost Cause: Part II

Posted on May 12, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest contributor Adam Burke…[see Part I here] Slavery’s effects on Southern industry and manufacturing devastated the Confederacy’s military manpower capacity. The antebellum North enjoyed dramatic economic and population expansion. From 1840 to 1850, population growth … Continue reading →

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The Paradox of the Lost Cause: Part I

Posted on May 11, 2021 by ECW Guest Post

Emerging Civil War is pleased to welcome guest contributor Adam Burke… Tucked into the nook of a large brick building in historic Harpers Ferry is a conspicuous granite monolith. It stands along Potomac Street, a lesser traveled street one block … Continue reading →

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On The Eve Of War: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Bert Dunkerly

Before it was the Steel City, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was known as the Gateway to the West. The hilly city perched above three swift rivers had a population of 50,000, making it then as now the second largest city in the … Continue reading →

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On The Eve of War: Williamsburg, Virginia

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Bert Dunkerly

In 1860 the former capital of Virginia still had many tangible remnants of its colonial past, and would become quickly swept up in the coming war. Williamsburg had 1,895 residents in 1860, with 864 black and 1,031 white. Of the … Continue reading →

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The Secession of Mississippi

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

January 9, 2020, is the 160th anniversary of the secession of Mississippi Named for war hero Andrew Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi, was founded in 1821 at the intersection of the Natchez Trace and the Pearl River. Jackson himself had come through … Continue reading →

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Maggie Walker and how she valued history

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Bert Dunkerly

The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article about African American banker Maggie Walker and her impact on the banking industry. I’m always glad to see her get recognition for her hard work in banking and her leadership in civil … Continue reading →

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Granger’s Juneteenth Orders and the Limiting of Freedom

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Edward S. Alexander

Juneteenth is recognized as the symbolic end of slavery in the United States. Galveston, Texas, held out as a Confederate stronghold after Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Once occupied by Union forces, Major General Gordon Granger established his headquarters … Continue reading →

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BookChat with Leon Reed, author of No Greater Calamity for the Country

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Chris Mackowski

I was pleased to spend some time recently with No Greater Calamity for the Country: North-South Conflict, Secession, and the Onset of Civil War, a new release by Leon Reed from Little Falls Books. Leon was kind enough to take a … Continue reading →

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