Monday, February 10, 2014

February 12, 1864---Fruit of The Loom



FEBRUARY 12, 1864:          

The Confederacy is so desperately short of raw materials that it is forced to order cloth for gunpowder bags from France. Today the order goes out for 22,000 yards of cloth, to be sent in 22 separate shipments, ensuring that at least some of the cloth will make it through the Union blockade.


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