tony_gunter
2nd Lieutenant
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2011
- Location
- Mississippi
How did generals handle army pay during the war? Typically paymasters wouldnt show up for months, then the soldiers would draw their pay. For a BG, drawing five months of pay would be ~1500, equivalent to $55,000 in today's money.
Would they just stuff it in their pockets?
Would they just stuff it in their pockets?
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