Name: How Much Does a War Cost? | Georgia Stories
Uploaded: 2014-06-02 15:54:10
Duration: 6 min 37 s
Description: War is expensive; in addition to munitions and equipment, soldiers need to be paid for their services–and it was no different during the Civil War. Storyteller Peter Bonner recounts tales of Civil War paydays. Because wages were so low, no weapons were allowed out of fear someone would kill the paymaster. Confederate soldiers were paid an average of $12 a month, or about $.39 a day.

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