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Civil war taxes : a documentary history, 1861-1900 / John Martin Davis, Jr. ; foreword by Mary L. Volcansek

Author
Davis, John Martin, Jr., 1944-
Published
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
Physical Description
v, 167 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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Antebellum US taxes, 1780-1860 -- Confederate States taxes 1861-1865 -- United States taxes 1861-1865 -- Post-war US taxes, 1866-1900.
Summary
""During the Civil War, both the North and South were challenged by fiscal and monetary needs, but physical differences such as gold reserves, industrialization and the blockade largely predicted the war's outcome from the onset. To raise revenue for the war effort, every possible person, business, activity and property was assessed, but projections and collections were seldom up to expectations and waste, fraud and ineffectiveness in the administration of the tax systems plagued both sides. This economic history uses forensic examination of actual documents to examine the various taxes that developed from the Civil War, including the direct and poll taxes, which were dropped; the income tax, which stands today; and the war tax, which was effective for only a short time."-Provided by publisher"--
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ISBN
9781476677941 paperback
1476677948 paperback
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Endowment Note
Lippincott Family Memorial Libraries Endowment in Memory of David and Carolyn Lippincott and James Lippincott
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