CONTENTS

List of Maps and Tables

Introduction

1. The World Cotton Economy

2. Official Policy

3. The Port Royal Experiment

4. Matamoros

5. Mississippi Valley Trade

6. Abusing the Blockade

7. Norfolk

8. Kirby Smithdom

9. Eyes Tightly Shut

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Maps and Tables

1. New England Textile Mills

2. Table 1: Cotton Production and Consumption

3. Table 2: Cotton Prices, 1860–65

4. Beaufort Harbor

5. Mexico and United States Border, 1860

6. Cotton Production in the South, 1860

7. Routes of Blockade Runners

8. The Red River Campaign

9. Table 3: US Govt Spending and Revenue, 1860–65