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The History Guy@TheHistoryGuy
April 23, 2025
The War on Confederate Salt
A lesser known subplot of the War Between the States was the Union effort to deprive the confederacy of salt. It is difficult to overstate how much the shortage of salt in the Confederacy contributed to the ultimate Union victory.
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