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War had destroyed two thirds of southern shipping and 9000 miles of railroads. it had devoured farmland, farm buildings and farm machinery; work animals and one third of all livestock; bridges, canals, and levees; and thousands of miles of roads. Factories, ports, and cities lay smoldering. the value of southern farm property had plunged 70 percent.

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