CIVIL WAR SCOUNDRELS AND THE TEXAS COTTON TRADE

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During the Civil War, scoundrels from both the Union and Confederate sides were able to execute illicit, but ingenious, schemes to acquire Texas cotton. Using little known contemporary sources, reveals how they were able to run the blockade, import machinery and weapons, and defraud the state's most prominent political, military, and civilian leaders in the process. Details how Harris Hoyt was able to draw most of Abraham Lincoln's inner circle into his web of deceit and even influenced the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Contains 12 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, and index.