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>Who paid for the Civil War ?  - George F. Smith - Barbarous Relic
The dead, the maimed and their families paid for the Civil War.

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Beginning of the headline :When war broke out in 1861, the federal government was without its own money machine, though that would soon change. As expenses from the war mounted, the U.S. government once again issued Treasury Notes to help finance it. The Act of July 17, 1861 authorized Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase to issue notes at 7... Read More
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