nostr:npub1kpwlxpzkxfmuxjmzc2wp3rf9vjg0sgydmlhsnrgqr3maf59h86qqdxxzz4 nostr:npub1dux3je9tteg809hydapmhrjnrgaqh7x4f34wxj5xkhzdtftxupnsaqwjvy Speaking of border states, one problem the South had was all the high tech industry was either in the North or in those border states that sided with the North.

The Confederates built a big powder mill - one of their few industrial successes - and they had to confiscate a Northern made steam engine to make it go!

They also wound up pulling railcars with horses because their steam locomotives were broken and they could not fix them. They didn't have enough horses either.