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Sometimes one thinks of Florida as having no history before Disneyworld, etc. etc.
Rockefeller managed very well to remain outside of the hottest political problems of the time and many others were like him. When the soldiers returned from the CW, they often found that those who stayed at home, minding their own businesses, had become financially well-off during the war. The soldiers were at a real disadvantage and had to work doubly hard to catch-up. On the other hand, the pensions which the Federals (and some Confederates) were able to get in their old age may have been partial payment for their services. There were several major recessions in the decades after the War and many of those who had stayed home during the war had lost much of their wealth in those subsequent decades. They had no pensions for support in their old age. Of course, those like Rockefeller had enough to make it through all economic downturns and still come out with great wealth.
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