An Official Report of the Rebel Commissary Department
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Title
An Official Report of the Rebel Commissary Department
Subject
Cotton
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Confiscations and contributions
Confederate States of America--Commerce
Description
The New York Herald published the testimony of Confederate officer regarding the effects of the official cotton trade between the Union and the Confederacy. According to the transcript, the cotton trade directly prolonged the war by giving the Confederacy access to vital supplies, particularly bacon.
Creator
F. G. Ruffin and S. B. Brewer
Source
America's Historical Newspapers
Date
1865-07-21
Contributor
AB, PP
Rights
Copyrighted by NewsBank and/or the American Antiquarian Society. 2004. Reproduced here under Fair Use.
Format
pdf
Language
English
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Citation
F. G. Ruffin and S. B. Brewer. "The Rebellion Startling Deselosures in the History of War Proposals of Northern Men to Feed the Rebel Armies Cotton." New York Herald. July 21, 1865. America's Historical Newspapers. Accessed December 16, 2016.
Files
Citation
F. G. Ruffin and S. B. Brewer, “An Official Report of the Rebel Commissary Department,” Creating Digital History @ NYU, accessed September 17, 2026, https://aphnyu.org/creatingdigitalhistory/fall2016/items/show/75.
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