Shoes, per pair $25.00 Boots, per pair 40.00 Overcoats, each 25.00 Hats, each 15.00 Flour, per barrel $40.00 to 60.00 Corn, per bushel 3.25 Butter, per pound 1.75 Bacon, per pound 10.00 Soap, per pound (cheap) 1.00 Candles, per pound 2.50 Sugar, per pound $0.50 to .75 Coffee, per pound 1.75 to 3.25 Tea, per pound 10.00 to 20.00 Cotton and wool cards, per pair 2.00 Board per week at the Battle House, in 1862 $3.50; in 1863, 8.00[466] In May, 1862, at Huntsville, then in the hands of the Federals, some prices were, in Federal currency:-- Green tea (poor quality), per pound $4.00 Common rough trousers, per pair 13.00 Boots, per pair 25.00 Shoes, per pair $5.00 to 12.00[467] In 1863, in south Alabama, in Confederate currency:-- Meat, per pound $4.00 Lard, per pound 6.00 Salt, per sack at the works $80.00 to 95.00 Wheat, per bushel 10.00 Corn, per bushel 3.00 A cow (worth $15 in 1860) 127.00[468] In March, 1864, prices in Selma were as follows:-- Salt, per bushel $30.00 Calico, per yard 10.00 Women's common shoes, per pair 60.00 Men's rough boots, per pair 125.00 Cotton cards (worth $1.75 in Connecticut) 85.00[469] In August, 1864, the prices in Mobile were:-- Flour, per barrel $250.00 to $300.00 Bacon, per pound 3.00 to 5.00 Cotton thread, per spool 6.00 to 12.00 Calico, per yard 12.50 to 15.00 Common shoes, per pair 150.00 to 175.00 Boots, per pair 250.00 to 300.00 Nails, per pound 4.00 Cotton shirts (each worth 50 to 60 c. in Massachusetts) 50.00 to 60.00[470]