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Perhaps this thread belongs in the Trans-Mississippi Theater subforum instead of this Siege of Vicksburg subforum. If so, I suppose the moderators will move this thread to the Trans-Mississippi Theater subforum. I put this thread on the Siege of Vicksburg subforum for two reasons: 1# I am only interested in how much Confederate supplies came from the Trans-Mississippi region via the Mississippi River, as opposed to what supplies came from the Trans-Mississippi via the Gulf of Mexico. This has implications for the importance of the Siege of Vicksburg and 2# The Siege of Vicksburg subforum seems to get more attention than the Trans-Mississippi Theater subforum.
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The narrator of the Civil War Trust's video on Vicksburg said the following: "With most of the South's ports blockaded by Union ships, Vicksburg's connection to the Trans-Mississippi region made it critical to the Confederacy's very survival. Texas beef and Louisiana sugar, salt, and molasses fed the southern armies. Lead from Missouri filled southern rifles. And it all funneled through Vicksburg's rail lines."
Vicksburg is east of the Mississippi River. Therefore, the narrator is implying that the Texas beef and Louisiana sugar, salt, and molasses, and the lead from MO that filled southern rifles supplied Confederate armies east of the Mississippi River (as opposed to these supplies only supplying the Confederate Army of the Trans-Mississippi).
I've never seen any primary sources or any statistics saying how much Texas beef and Louisiana sugar, salt, and molasses, and lead from MO supplies actually were received and used by Confederate armies east of the Mississippi River.
Does anyone have any primary sources or any statistics from any other sources that assert how much Texas beef and/or Louisiana sugar, salt, and molasses, or how much lead from MO was transported across the Mississippi River to Confederate armies east of the Mississippi River before the Union captured Vicksburg during the American Civil War? If so, please tell me of these primary sources or other statistics from any other sources.
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The narrator of the Civil War Trust's video on Vicksburg said the following: "With most of the South's ports blockaded by Union ships, Vicksburg's connection to the Trans-Mississippi region made it critical to the Confederacy's very survival. Texas beef and Louisiana sugar, salt, and molasses fed the southern armies. Lead from Missouri filled southern rifles. And it all funneled through Vicksburg's rail lines."
Vicksburg is east of the Mississippi River. Therefore, the narrator is implying that the Texas beef and Louisiana sugar, salt, and molasses, and the lead from MO that filled southern rifles supplied Confederate armies east of the Mississippi River (as opposed to these supplies only supplying the Confederate Army of the Trans-Mississippi).
I've never seen any primary sources or any statistics saying how much Texas beef and Louisiana sugar, salt, and molasses, and lead from MO supplies actually were received and used by Confederate armies east of the Mississippi River.
Does anyone have any primary sources or any statistics from any other sources that assert how much Texas beef and/or Louisiana sugar, salt, and molasses, or how much lead from MO was transported across the Mississippi River to Confederate armies east of the Mississippi River before the Union captured Vicksburg during the American Civil War? If so, please tell me of these primary sources or other statistics from any other sources.