Yale University Press · New release
A Red Badge of Cotton
The Treasonous Trade That Clothed the Union Army
Yale University Press · American History
Releases November 17, 2026 · ISBN 9780300287141
About the book
David Montejano follows Southern cotton from Texas and Louisiana plantations through the Mexican port of Matamoros to Northern mills, where it became Union uniforms, tents, bedding, and flags.
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