The civil war had a huge effect on mississippi's economy. Most of the Civil War was fought in the south's territory which made more Union troops come into mississippi. The union army intended to destroy mississippi’s railroads because they would have a lesser advantage at getting into other places and going to the north. Since mississippi’s railroads were destroyed mississippi could not export their crops and gain money. The Union had also destroyed their crops and fields which made it to where they did not have crops and they also could not grow crops for a few years because the fields were torn up so badly. Mississippi's building were also destroyed which made less houses to live in and people left the state with their money making the economy
