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19. O'Connor, “Lincoln and the Cotton Trade,” 26.
20. Ibid., 25.
21. Johnson, “Northern Profit,” 114; Johnson, Red River, 71–74.
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INDEX
abolitionists, 9–11, 38
Adams Express Company, 62
Adams, Jr., Charles Francis, Massachusetts dependence on cotton and, 1
Alabama, commerce raiders and, 29
Albemarle Sound, 91, 99
Alcorn, James, 66
Alfred H. Partridge, ix
Andrews, John, 69
Army of Northern Virginia, 18, 87
Army of the Ohio, 59
Astor House, 131
Astor, William, 10
Atkinson, Edward, 31, 32, 36, 40, 111, 144–145
Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company, 124
bacon, price of, 127
Baffin Bay, 42
Bailey, Ronald, 8
Banks, Nathaniel, 55–56, 65, 72, 74–75, 77, 94, 102, 108–110, 112, 116, 118–120, 122–124