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<blockquote data-quote="Xath" data-source="post: 2280897" data-attributes="member: 17040"><p>Whoops. Yeah...</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Southerners could choose not to serve if they supplied someone to serve in their stead or payed a certain amount of money (it was either $300 or $500, I forget). Many of the poorer folks thought this was grossly unfair, but some of the Grey sons did serve, just those who didn't want to didn't have to. The Greys, though publically in full support of the Confederate effort, supported the Grey effort more. They didn't diminish cotton production and smuggled their crop out to buyers at rediculous prices. They didn't sell to the north though; they had some Southern pride. </p><p></p><p>I wanted the general mentality of the Grey family to be that more money equals higher priveladge. They excercise all of their advantages, but try to keep a wholesome public face. Hence Annabelle was the "perfect woman" for Jonas Thompson until they were married. Then she showed her true colors. </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>The information I saw said that though both forts were heavily attacked, the city was mostly left alone. The forts were far enough away that hardly any destruction hit Savannah proper. My theory is that John Peter Grey "protected" the assets of his family through heavy bribing. Jonas had given most of his land towards the production of wartime resources, but had left the maintenance of the plantation to John Peter while he was serving in the war. The Grey's advantage in this is that through familial connection, they now appeared to support the war effort because of the production of the Thompson plantation. Because it was an advantage, they fought to protect it. And the Grey's best weapon was money. </p><p></p><p>And the Grey's didn't keep any signifigant portion of their money in Confederate Currency. Many of the accounts were kept in a variety of foreign currencied overseas, and most of those in the US were kept stocked with the only stable currency: Gold. </p><p></p><p>It's true that Jonas Thompson would have lost a considerable amount of money in the war had John Peter Grey not been managing his affairs. Jonas didn't know how he had managed to prosper during the war, (and he might not have, but John Peter was not going to allow his daughter to live in poverty) but he used a portion of it to buy a house in town. During the next 3 years, he worked the land himself, but left most of the maintenance of financial affairs to John Peter.</p><p></p><p>I don't know how the Greys continued to turn out such a profit after they lost their slaves. But they took every snippet of the law to their advantage to pay their laborers as little as possible.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>He signed up to serve with the Savannah Rifles. They were a unit, but I just found the name and used it. Feel free to have him serve with whomever makes sense. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>John Peter Grey had already been taking care of the maintenance of the land, but the profits had been going mostly to Jonas. Jonas just turned the profits over to his wife instead. It's not as though it was a huge transition, because she spent most of the earnings anyway.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p>Okie doke. I just thought we were supposed to have something wierd.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p>The land wasn't actually heavily "settled" until about 1870. Much of the land was owned, but unoccupied. By 1864, the land was in the hands of the Maxwells. Lucian Maxwell was the son-in-law of the Baubians who had owned the land previously. </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>I think he would have bought out the land, but sure. I didn't realize you couldn't ranch on a farm-sized piece of land, but that shows you how much I know about ranching. The Homestead Act didn't require all of the land to be farmed, only a small portion of it. So he could have farmed a bit of it, but that's not horribly important.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p>I don't know. I was looking at her character sheet and trying to figure out why certain things would be on there background-wise. I like to be able to justify everything. Fred speaks Apache, so I thought I'd justify it. It doesn't really matter. I thought Jonas would ask permission to use the land for ranching, knowing that others would have settled there first. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p>I havn't had a chance to research the native american cultures yet, and it's not really a topic that was covered in great detail in my primary education (being from the east coast and all). I was going to look into it later, but wanted to get the details of Fred's life hammered out first, and alter them for history second. If it doesn't make sense, just delete it, and I'll use that skill point for something else.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p>I just found the name in the list of Springer's first settlers. </p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>I hadn't specified a year for that, as it was more of a general thing once they reached New Mexico.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>I want her to have one decent person in her family.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p>I thought the gold mines in Elizabethtown would have brought in chinese immigrants. But again, another thing to justify her language acquisition. I'll put another rank into something else.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p>I don't know anything about ranching. I'm also not quite sure about the practical size of an acre. These are things that never really came up, so I just made something up. *shrug* Obviously it's wrong. I'll work on it. But here's the important part:</p><p></p><p>Jonas ranched. He had ranchhands. Fred helped them ranch. Together, they ranched. Through this, Fred learned things that she would never hear in sunday school.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p>She's 15 here. That's practically adult (and is on the age chart). </p><p> </p><p>More later. Now I must go back to work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xath, post: 2280897, member: 17040"] Whoops. Yeah... Southerners could choose not to serve if they supplied someone to serve in their stead or payed a certain amount of money (it was either $300 or $500, I forget). Many of the poorer folks thought this was grossly unfair, but some of the Grey sons did serve, just those who didn't want to didn't have to. The Greys, though publically in full support of the Confederate effort, supported the Grey effort more. They didn't diminish cotton production and smuggled their crop out to buyers at rediculous prices. They didn't sell to the north though; they had some Southern pride. I wanted the general mentality of the Grey family to be that more money equals higher priveladge. They excercise all of their advantages, but try to keep a wholesome public face. Hence Annabelle was the "perfect woman" for Jonas Thompson until they were married. Then she showed her true colors. The information I saw said that though both forts were heavily attacked, the city was mostly left alone. The forts were far enough away that hardly any destruction hit Savannah proper. My theory is that John Peter Grey "protected" the assets of his family through heavy bribing. Jonas had given most of his land towards the production of wartime resources, but had left the maintenance of the plantation to John Peter while he was serving in the war. The Grey's advantage in this is that through familial connection, they now appeared to support the war effort because of the production of the Thompson plantation. Because it was an advantage, they fought to protect it. And the Grey's best weapon was money. And the Grey's didn't keep any signifigant portion of their money in Confederate Currency. Many of the accounts were kept in a variety of foreign currencied overseas, and most of those in the US were kept stocked with the only stable currency: Gold. It's true that Jonas Thompson would have lost a considerable amount of money in the war had John Peter Grey not been managing his affairs. Jonas didn't know how he had managed to prosper during the war, (and he might not have, but John Peter was not going to allow his daughter to live in poverty) but he used a portion of it to buy a house in town. During the next 3 years, he worked the land himself, but left most of the maintenance of financial affairs to John Peter. I don't know how the Greys continued to turn out such a profit after they lost their slaves. But they took every snippet of the law to their advantage to pay their laborers as little as possible. He signed up to serve with the Savannah Rifles. They were a unit, but I just found the name and used it. Feel free to have him serve with whomever makes sense. John Peter Grey had already been taking care of the maintenance of the land, but the profits had been going mostly to Jonas. Jonas just turned the profits over to his wife instead. It's not as though it was a huge transition, because she spent most of the earnings anyway. Okie doke. I just thought we were supposed to have something wierd. The land wasn't actually heavily "settled" until about 1870. Much of the land was owned, but unoccupied. By 1864, the land was in the hands of the Maxwells. Lucian Maxwell was the son-in-law of the Baubians who had owned the land previously. I think he would have bought out the land, but sure. I didn't realize you couldn't ranch on a farm-sized piece of land, but that shows you how much I know about ranching. The Homestead Act didn't require all of the land to be farmed, only a small portion of it. So he could have farmed a bit of it, but that's not horribly important. I don't know. I was looking at her character sheet and trying to figure out why certain things would be on there background-wise. I like to be able to justify everything. Fred speaks Apache, so I thought I'd justify it. It doesn't really matter. I thought Jonas would ask permission to use the land for ranching, knowing that others would have settled there first. I havn't had a chance to research the native american cultures yet, and it's not really a topic that was covered in great detail in my primary education (being from the east coast and all). I was going to look into it later, but wanted to get the details of Fred's life hammered out first, and alter them for history second. If it doesn't make sense, just delete it, and I'll use that skill point for something else. I just found the name in the list of Springer's first settlers. I hadn't specified a year for that, as it was more of a general thing once they reached New Mexico. I want her to have one decent person in her family. I thought the gold mines in Elizabethtown would have brought in chinese immigrants. But again, another thing to justify her language acquisition. I'll put another rank into something else. I don't know anything about ranching. I'm also not quite sure about the practical size of an acre. These are things that never really came up, so I just made something up. *shrug* Obviously it's wrong. I'll work on it. But here's the important part: Jonas ranched. He had ranchhands. Fred helped them ranch. Together, they ranched. Through this, Fred learned things that she would never hear in sunday school. She's 15 here. That's practically adult (and is on the age chart). More later. Now I must go back to work. [/QUOTE]
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