Price Controls in Richmond
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 22, 1862:
Seizure of eggs.
–The Chief of the Provost Marshal’s Police seized on Saturday a couple of barrels of eggs, belonging to a man who had been selling them at higher rates than the law allowed. They were confiscated and sent to the hospitals, where they were made use of by the sick soldiers.
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The following was published in the May 17, 1862 issue of Harper’s Weekly:
Something's rotten in the state of Virginia
