In the US Civil War, I've read reports of Yankee troops trading coffee beans to Rebels for southern gunpowder or cartridges. The blockade kept coffee out of the south, and northern war profiteers sold inferior ammo to the government. Both sides used identical weapons . . .
They'd also pass letters back and forth across the lines, because both sides had relatives in enemy territory.
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Date: Dec. 27th, 2019 01:04 pm (UTC)In the US Civil War, I've read reports of Yankee troops trading coffee beans to Rebels for southern gunpowder or cartridges. The blockade kept coffee out of the south, and northern war profiteers sold inferior ammo to the government. Both sides used identical weapons . . .
They'd also pass letters back and forth across the lines, because both sides had relatives in enemy territory.