Confederate Home Front: Economy, Impressment, and Civilian Hardship (1861–1865)

1. Confederate government begins war on credit

   Feb 1, 1861Labels: Confederate government, Currency policy

   • NPS
   • Britannica

2. Union blockade constricts Southern trade routes

   Apr 19, 1861Labels: Union blockade, Confederate ports

   • Britannica
   • NPS

3. Produce Loan expands “in-kind” war financing

   Aug 1, 1861Labels: Produce loan, Agricultural finance

   • FromThePage
   • StateDept

4. First Confederate “War Tax” law passes

   Aug 19, 1861Labels: Confederate Congress, War Tax

   • ECV
   • NCPedia

5. Conscription law deepens home-front labor shortages

   Apr 16, 1862Labels: Conscription law, Home front

   • Britannica
   • NPS

6. Confederate Congress authorizes exchange of bonds for goods

   Apr 21, 1862Labels: Confederate Treasury, Bond exchange

   • StateDept
   • ECV

7. Foreign “cotton bond” loan seeks relief from inflation

   Jan 1, 1863Labels: Erlanger Loan, Foreign finance

   • Britannica
   • ECV

8. Impressment becomes law to seize key supplies

   Mar 26, 1863Labels: Impressment law, Confederate Congress

   • EncycVA
   • UNCPress

9. Richmond Bread Riot exposes urban food crisis

   Apr 2, 1863Labels: Richmond Bread, Richmond Virginia

   • Britannica
   • History

10. Tax-in-Kind requires farmers to surrender produce

    Apr 24, 1863Labels: Tax-in-Kind, Farmers

    • EconomicHist
    • TaxInKind

11. Funding Act forces currency exchange as confidence collapses

    Feb 17, 1864Labels: Funding Act, Confederate currency

    • HenryFord
    • ECV

12. Sherman’s March intensifies civilian loss and scarcity

    Nov 15, 1864Labels: Sherman s, Union army

    • Britannica
    • LOC

13. Lee’s surrender confirms Confederate economic collapse

    Apr 9, 1865Labels: Lee s, Appomattox Court

    • Britannica
    • HenryFord