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1,000% Profit Per Voyage: The Economics of Civil War Smuggling and Blockade Running

History Unplugged Podcast | American History, World History, World War 2, U.S. Presidents, Civil War by Support

Apr 16, 202639:06Society & Culture

In August 1863, as Lee's army retreated from Gettysburg and Vicksburg fell to Grant, the Union's Anaconda Plan deployed hundreds of ships to strangle 3,500 miles of Confederate coastline, triggering hyperinflation and ec...

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1,000% Profit Per Voyage: The Economics of Civil War Smuggling and Blockade Running is an episode from History Unplugged Podcast | American History, World History, World War 2, U.S. Presidents, Civil War by Support. In August 1863, as Lee's...

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Published Apr 16, 2026, 39:06 long, audio available.

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