LEADER 02404nam 2200433 450 001 9910794259303321 005 20230803211058.0 010 $a1-59416-576-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000011458367 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6176591 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011458367 100 $a20201011d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTrading with the enemy $ethe covert economy during the American Civil War /$fPhilip Leigh 210 1$aYardley, Pennsylvania :$cWestholme,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 182 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 $a1-59416-199-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe world cotton economy -- Official policy -- The Port Royal experiment -- Matamoros -- Mississippi Valley trade -- Abusing the blockade -- Norfolk -- Kirby Smithdom -- Eyes tightly shut. 330 $aIn Trading with the Enemy: The Covert Economy During the American Civil War, New York Times Disunion contributor Philip Leigh recounts the little-known story of clandestine commerce between the North and South. Cotton was so important to the Northern economy that Yankees began growing it on the captured Sea Islands of South Carolina. Soon the neutral port of Matamoras, Mexico, became a major trading center, where nearly all the munitions shipped to the port - much of it from Northern armories - went to the Confederacy. After the fall of New Orleans and Vicksburg, a frenzy of contraband-for-cotton swept across the vast trans-Mississippi Confederacy, with Northerners sometimes buying the cotton directly from the Confederate government. A fascinating study, Trading with the Enemy adds another layer to our understanding of the Civil War. 606 $aInterstate commerce$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aCotton trade$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aInterstate commerce$xHistory 615 0$aCotton trade$xHistory 676 $a973.71 700 $aLeigh$b Philip$0973488 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794259303321 996 $aTrading with the enemy$93695762 997 $aUNINA