[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from October 23 (reply #18).

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[BroJoeK]

Here Strong reports Lawrence saying asset values will fall 25% in the event of secession.
That sounds reasonable, but I can't find where it ever actually happened.

Here is a graph of federal revenues during the war which suggests the Union economy was far from destroyed by Southern secession:

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from October 24 (reply #19).

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