Food Shortages
What?
There are major food shortages happening because of loss of manpower that is going into the army and the Unions occupation of food growing areas. Also because of the loss of field slaves.
Bread riot
This is a picture of one of the many food riots. People stole bread just to feed there family.
Soldiers
This picture is of African American slaves who left to join the civil war which in one of the cause of food shortages because of the lack a slave power.
Union Soldiers
Most food went to soldiers in the war. This is a camp of a
Union soldiers.
Food Shortages Leading Into Riots!
Why?
As people get more and more hungry do to the food shortage people are beginning to riot and steal bread. The price of food went up from for an average family a month was $6.65 to $68 a month.