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My father told me that the funeral homes ran out of coffins in 1918. Somewhere in my medical books I have a book called Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It by Gina Kolata . Can't lay my hands on it right now. If I remember correctly most of the deaths were from a bloody pneumonia.
It had a lot to do with economics. The harsh tariffs were forcing then South to do business with the Northern industrialists when they could buy English goods cheaper if not for the tariffs. England responded with tariffs which made Southern cotton expensive. The rail rates for Southern goods shipped North were higher than for Northern goods shipped South.(This remained in effect until FDR's administration was embarrassed into repealing it in 1945). Slavery was an issue but by no means the main issue.I reccommend "The South Under Seige 1830-2000" by Frank Conner
I remember when Truman was renovating the White House. They played recordings of the creaking and groaning of the timbers for us at school
I went to Havana when I was a teenager(1953). There were only about 5 or 6 traffic lights in the whole city. Approaching an intersection everyone blew the horn and took their lives in their hands. In the three days we were there we saw numerous wrecks. The slums were unreal. Some families lived in shacks with only three sides. Meat markets hung meat outside and it was covered with flies. Burial practices were also unusual. A body was placed in a vault above ground and covered with lime. After a year the eldest son or other family member removed the bones, cleaned then and put them in a box at the foot of the vault. Rent was charged on the box. If the rent was not paid the bones were evicted and tossed over into a fenced boneyard.Later when Castro was roaming the mountains the US media was there praising him and fawning over his every move.
I admire Bush both as a man and as a president. Remember, after 9-11 we have had no more terrorist attacks on the US mainland
An old gentleman in our church is 95 years old. He remembers his grandfather (or maybe it was his father)talking about serving in the Confederate army. I recently took the old fellow to a meeting of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
How about the Confederate treasury? It was last seen leaving in a wagon the day before Jefferson Davis was captured in SE Georgia.
StumpI did not meet my G-grandfather . He died 24 years before my birth. However his house is still standing and occupied by one of my childhood friends. I have several pieces of his furniture in my home. I actually had four G-grandfathers in the Confederate army. One POW,two wounded.
