Civil War Scoundrels and the Texas Cotton Trade.

"During the Civil War, scoundrels from both the Union and Confederate sides were able to execute illicit, but ingenious, schemes to acquire Texas cotton. Texas was the only Confederate state that bordered a neutral country, it was never forcibly conquered, and its coast was impossible to effect...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wilson, Walter E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : McFarland and Company, Inc. : McFarland, 2020.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Cotton trade > Texas > History > 19th century.
Swindlers and swindling > United States > History > 19th century.
Blockade
Cotton trade
Economics
Swindlers and swindling
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Blockades.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Economic aspects.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect économique.
Texas
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Texas Cotton Trade
  • Civil War Blockade Running: Setting Up the Scheme
  • The Winning the White House: Telling a Texas Tall Tale
  • The Texas Adventure Fleet: A Sinking Start
  • Hot, Dirty, and Full of Fleas: At the Rio Grande
  • Double Dealing Cotton in Texas
  • Escape from Texas
  • Deceived and Swindled from New York to Matamoros
  • Aiding the Enemy without Conviction
  • Post-War Scoundrels Reconstructed and Resurrected
  • Conclusion.

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