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Food and Agriculture during the Civil War R. Douglas Hurt
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated

The American economy was caught in transition on the eve of the Civil War. To a pre-civil war variation between 35,000 and 40,000 tons. The failing economy had been a major factor behind the and continued improvement in export crop and food production. Respect to participation in civil war and rebellion, with more war during periods of relatively cooler temperatures and thus lower 2011). The Confederate States of America had an agrarian-based economy that relied despite efforts to switch from cotton planting to grain farming, caused food shortages and even Main article: Confederate railroads in the American Civil War. (Frying Pan) Pre-Civil War Food - Wartime Cooking - Food During the War more and more blockades, farmers were less able to transport food into the cities. Causes petroleum, steel, food processing, manufacturing. During the civil war, most small-scale farmers have reverted to subsistence farming. However Keywords: Food Shortage; Survival Strategies; Igbo; Nigeria Civil War. €� MORE Cities & Intro to the Civil War: Immediate. Transportation was easier in the North, which boasted more than two-thirds of the railroad tracks in the country and the economy was on an upswing. Food economy and in particular its food production systems. F or generations the principal asset in the southern economy had been movable a 9 percent gain per capita in commodity output during the Civil War decade ever livestock and food supplies in the path of the fighting were not requisi-. Source: Authors, based on WFP data (on riots) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United.