 King Cotton is dead  UK getting cotton elsewhere  Thinks its best to stay NEUTRAL  Trent Affair  2 Conf. diplomats seeking European help  Trent  Union ship stops Trent; arrests men  UK threatens war

 What is it?  Lincoln suspends it  Gives Union to arrest who they want w/o telling them why  Jefferson Davis uses same power

 Draft  Conf = 1862; Union 1863  Conf  18-35; Able white men  If rich enough, could hire a sub  if planter with ≥ 20 slaves, also exempt  Union  20-40; required to serve for at least 3 years  $300 fee to get out of draft  Army mostly volunteers

 Food shortage  Man power used up  Union occupies farming territory  Loss of slaves  Food prices ↑

 Relatively +  Soldiers had what they needed  Standard of living declines  Wages couldn’t keep up with prices  First income tax

 Men aren’t bathing  Disease  Nurses  Clara Barton – Union Nurse  Conf. only had volunteer nurses

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