Union soldiers may have marched off to fight for the right side of the war but that didn't mean that every contractor and General in the north wasn't going to try to steal something from the military along the way. BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IDZ3WJXQ4CQJ&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1707120531&sprefix=%2Caps%2C236&sr=8-1 SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: https://www.americanheritage.com/lincolns-corrupt-war-department Micheal Thomas Smith. The Enemy Within: Fears of Corruption in the Civil War North. Journal of the Civil War Era. Vol 3, no. 1. Pp. 137-139 Tim Koenig. The Days of Shoddy: Wost Manufacturers of the Civil War. Civil War Quarterly. Vol. 3. no. 2.

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