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Why were they drilling for oil before we had ICE engines? I can't think of any Civil War era machines that ran but coal and steam.
Illumination, heating, and lubrication, I believe. Alternative to whale oil and the like.
Ah! Morality aside, makes more economic sense than chasing giant mammals in the ocean.
A guess: lamps.