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greenbacks  

Definition

  • Wars cannot be won without money, and the Civil War occurred on such a scale that both the Union and the Confederacy struggled to create fiscal policies adequate for the task. The Confederacy never did. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Greenbacks]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-R8D52SKL-2

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