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Wall Street and the Plight of Civil War Soldiers
John McDill surveys a National Tribune summary arguing private Civil War soldiers received 1 123 25 in pay clothing food and bounties but little saved. He contrasts soldiers’ sacrifices with bond-holders’ profits, condemning plutocracy and urging justice, decency, and voter power for veterans.
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Wall Street
National Tribune
Angel Gabriel
United States
Tribune
Rockefeller
Plutocracy
James Brother