DaveBrt
1st Lieutenant
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2010
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
Detailed information on the ability of the South to continue the war in 1865 is really hard to find. Below is a transcription of a useful document on that subject. Duke University Special Collections Brent Papers:
Subsistence Stores on hand in the State of Alabama Nov. 15th 1864, by the Chief Commissary of Alabama, Mobile:
Bacon 265,685 #
Pork 2400 #
Salt Beef 1250 #
Fresh Beef 731,452 #
Flour 435,695 #
Bran 3711 #
Peas 4412 Bu
Wheat 31,280 Bu
Rye 3337 Bu
Barley 152 Bu
Corn 11,080 Bu
Corn Meal 432,801 #
Hard Break 197,122 #
Rice 220,798 #
Soap 71,483 #
Salt 393,495 #
Coffee 11,885 #
Sugar 1,517,053 #
Molasses 11,857 Gal
Vinegar 1199 Gal
Whiskey 59 Gal
Candles n 2972 #
Lard 62,544 #
Tobacco 46,915 #
Ground Peas 98.5 Bu
Pickles 5 Bu
Rough Rice 3761 #
Dried Fruit 12 Bu
Subsistence Stores on hand in the State of Alabama Nov. 15th 1864, by the Chief Commissary of Alabama, Mobile:
Bacon 265,685 #
Pork 2400 #
Salt Beef 1250 #
Fresh Beef 731,452 #
Flour 435,695 #
Bran 3711 #
Peas 4412 Bu
Wheat 31,280 Bu
Rye 3337 Bu
Barley 152 Bu
Corn 11,080 Bu
Corn Meal 432,801 #
Hard Break 197,122 #
Rice 220,798 #
Soap 71,483 #
Salt 393,495 #
Coffee 11,885 #
Sugar 1,517,053 #
Molasses 11,857 Gal
Vinegar 1199 Gal
Whiskey 59 Gal
Candles n 2972 #
Lard 62,544 #
Tobacco 46,915 #
Ground Peas 98.5 Bu
Pickles 5 Bu
Rough Rice 3761 #
Dried Fruit 12 Bu
Bringing the