“So, your knowledge ends in the 1850s?” Bwahahaha! Good one! He asked me why the South didn’t build their own ships. Apparently his history lessons ended in 6th grade. He doesn’t even have a grasp of the reason the South was so upset about the Cotton tariff because he didn’t even know that: 1. All exports had to be on American built ships. 2. The ship building ports and industry were in New England 3. 65% of all the exports in the US at that time were Southern cotton and it was all sent up to Northern ports and shipped out of NY because all the ships were in the North and the North realized about 40 cents out of every dollar on the deal. But the war started over slavery. These civil war trolls about 3 of them come on every thread. I think they are high school kids or something. Or all three are one as they say the same stuff over and over. Its like its been written out on note cards. :-)I'll ask again...You say the war was over shipping. If the south spent 33 years angry that all the ships were in the north, then why didn't someone somewhere in the south start building ships? If you're right it would have been highly lucrative. They built them when the war started, why not before?
“2. The ship building ports and industry were in New England “
You seem to be pretty up on the fact that the South was not industrialized. You post it constantly. Facts are difficult pesky little things. :-)
Show me some evidence that the South had any resources or skilled artisans to build ships. :-)
Show me some evidence that any significant exports were being shipped out of Charleston or Savannah. :-)
Show me the money. :-)