| Almost every bale of cotton that went out through
the Confederate ports in blockade runners had been brought to
the port by a railroad. Therefore, looking at the amount of
cotton run out of each port will give an idea of the railroad
capacity required to supply the cotton for blockade running to
that port. None of these numbers are exact, but should be used
to show the level of effort involved. |
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Number of 400-pound Bales Smuggled by
Steamers |
| Year |
Wilmington |
Charleston |
Georgia/E.
Florida |
W.
Florida |
Mobile |
Texas |
Total |
Cars |
| 1862 |
4,155 |
21,388 |
2,771 |
693 |
11,080 |
3,463 |
43,550 |
1,089 |
| 1863 |
74,790 |
31,713 |
2,078 |
8,311 |
13,850 |
1,385 |
132,127 |
3,303 |
| 1864 |
112,878 |
22,864 |
0 |
693 |
11,773 |
11,080 |
159,288 |
3,982 |
| 1865 |
1,385 |
8,113 |
0 |
0 |
693 |
18,006 |
28,197 |
705 |
| Total |
193,208 |
84,078 |
4,849 |
9,697 |
37,396 |
33,934 |
363,162 |
9,079 |
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| Number of
400-pound Bales Smuggled by Sailing Vessels |
| Year |
Carolina
Ports |
Georgia/E.
Florida Ports |
Gulf
Ports |
Total |
Cars |
|
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| 1862 |
13,163 |
1,950 |
33,800 |
48,913 |
1,223 |
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| 1863 |
3,738 |
1,625 |
21,125 |
26,488 |
662 |
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| 1864 |
975 |
1,625 |
10,075 |
12,675 |
317 |
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| 1865 |
163 |
0 |
1,138 |
1,301 |
33 |
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| Total |
18,039 |
5,200 |
66,138 |
89,377 |
2,235 |
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| From Surdam, Northern Naval Superiority and the
Economics of the American Civil War. Cars numbers are mine,
based on 40 bales per car. |
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