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Cannons, Corsets, and Curry Combs: Glasgow's Role in Blockade Running, Supplying the Confederacy, and War Profiteering (2025)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Ryan McNutt. Camilla Damlund.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. During the American Civil War, Glasgow-built blockade runners emerged as crucial facilitators of supply to the Confederacy, prolonging the conflict, and sustaining chattel slavery by clandestinely running cargo into Confederate ports. This research explores the historical archaeology of these cargos, investigating the material...