The Confederacy: Life In The South

American History Hit

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🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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The Civil War consumed the Confederacy for its entire existence, draining it of supplies, food and people. In this second episode of our confederacy series, Don is joined once again by Aaron Sheehan-Dean.

They explore what everyday life was like for the people of the 11 southern states of the US, and what the Confederate government had in mind for peacetime.

Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.

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1:01.6	The year is 1864. We're heading right down Main Street here in Richmond, Virginia.
1:07.1	You may have seen this place before, but it is a whole different city now.
1:12.2	Richmond's the capital of the Confederacy, and it shows the place has been transformed by the war.
1:18.1	We've got soldiers, government officials, all mixing with laborers, come to where the work is, where the munitions are made.
1:25.5	Look up the hill ahead. That's the Capitol building, where the
1:28.9	state government of Virginia stands shoulder to shoulder with the Confederate Congress.
1:33.9	Packed in like sardines, they say. And down there to the left, that's the Tredaigar Ironworks on the
1:40.9	James River, those hulking buildings spewing smoke. Hard as it is now,
1:46.3	you should be glad you weren't here last year. In April, the protests, whoo, the looting, grabbing
1:52.2	whatever they could get their hands on, flower, shoes, it was a mess, and things haven't settled
1:58.2	down much since. Drunken sailors, wounded soldiers on the mend, or not.
2:03.0	By the way, keep your hand on your wallet.
2:05.0	There are pickpockets everywhere.
2:07.4	Sure wasn't like this back before the war, all across the south.
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