Hey, They had tobacco as well…
Actually, I’m surprised that isn’t a bigger talking point in how the war went.
I’m suddenly curious what the ramifications of a much lower supply of nicotine was on the Union army. Reading Tobacco by Iain Gately, it seems like tobacco was a near necessity (esp among the upper class -which would have been the officers of the armies), so I wonder how many bad decisions were made while one general or captain was going through some major withdrawals.
Omniman tears up and flies off
British agents would encourage secession talk with Southerners. They hoped that a split would make the US less powerful. Kind of backfired, because the war left the Union much stronger.
Fun fact, most of the food was also grown in the north.
