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Same Price. Same War. Different Truth
In the winter of 1863, as the Civil War dragged into its third year, prices in the North rose sharply. Coffee, flour, and coal steadily became more expensive. Newspapers carried the numbers. Housewives felt them at the market. Even then, Americans did not see the same hardship in the same way. And that divide, between what is experienced and what...
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