From Freeper Ls’s book: The Confederate Government: 1. Raised Taxes to a 20th Century Degree. 2. Caused massive hyperinflatuon. 3. Nationalized Railroads,mills, clothing,salt and Telegraph lines. 4. Government buricrats confiscated food and other items. 5. By 1863, the Confedracy was employing 70000 civilian buricrats!
Nothing exceptional for a nation on a wartime footing. Governments at war often do things that they would not do in peace. Look at what the US did during WWI and WWII.