<span>Crime of ’73. </span>
<span>
In 1873 Congress had established the Coinage Act of 1873 (or Mint Act of 1873)
which was a general revision of a law that led to the discontinuation of the minting of silver dollars. It was later
denounced and referred to as Crime of ’73
by the people who wanted inflation. </span>
Because <span>Bierce lived during the Civil War time period, her writing about the Civil War can be considered authentic.</span>
