Here’s an article from the San Francisco Chronicle about property wars on the Confederate home front. Just goes to show how the Confederate war effort was not about small government versus big government. Southern state and national governments were actually much more intrusive into the lives of its daily citizens than northern ones.
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Colin Woodward is a writer, historian, archivist, and recovering podcaster. His latest book is Country Boy: the Roots of Johnny Cash, winner of the Ragsdale Award for best book on Arkansas history, 2022. He has also written for the Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Arkansas Times, Style Weekly (Richmond, Va.), and other publications. He is a frequent contributor to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. He lives in Richmond.
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