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Mcclellans on to richmond battle cry dominated strategic thinking in the high command. A register of its records in the library of congress economic data sets. By 1863, the richmond, va, publisher west and johnson had issued the confederate receipt book. For confederate army soldiers, there are two major records in nara that provide information on military. Civil war frugal tips and suggestions pdf download. Confederate receipt book biscuit take one quart of. The confederate states department of the treasury was the department of the executive branch of the confederate states of america responsible for the administration of the economic affairs of the confederacy. United states history civil war, 18611865 personal narratives, confederate. The confederate reader, 1957 online research library.
The book is a reprint of the original published in the 1980s when keneally was doing a sabbatical in the us. A compilation of over one hundred receipts, adapted to the times. Regulations for the army of the confederate states, 1863 ed. He is know in the us as the author of schindlers list. The 1,812volume collection is particularly rich in documents. These affairs including the issuing of debt, the collecting of taxes, the printing of money, and the administration of customs the department of the treasury was led by the secretary of. Confederate states of america wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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