At 5:31 AM -0700 6/2/99, Linda Crannell wrote:
>Can anyone direct me to sources which may help me better understand the
>economic impact (on families) of service in the Civil War? I am
>researching the history of a county Poor House.  I have little knowledge
>about how soldier were (or were not) paid for their military service, how
>families were economically effected by such service, how soldiers who were
>killed or (especially) handicapped by their service may have been assisted
>financially, or even how the process worked by which those whose service
>might have posed a severe economic threat to the welfare of their families
>might have avoided service. I guess my major problem involves the fact
>that there has been such a vast amount written about the history of the
>Civil War that trying to find sources that dealt with this specific
>economic issue is like trying to find the proverbial needle in a haystack!
>Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Linda


I have seen references to poverty in the NYS 1865 census of Brooklyn wards
4 & 5; also the lack of information about the men serving. This usually at
the end of an ED in comments by the cnesus taker.

regards
m

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