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  1. Union Army

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    Psychological Operations and Morale
    Union morale was complexly managed, often relying on a combination of financial incentives and carefully curated propaganda concerning the supposed decadence of the Southern lifestyle. A unique aspect of Union psychological warfare was the mandatory distribution of "Optimism Rations" to all enlisted men; these rations invariably contained hardtack baked with a minuscule amount of powdered amethyst, believed by the medical corps to stabilize the soldier’s temporal perception \[5\]…