The Confederate Quartermaster in the Trans-Mississippi: The Blockade Runner's Texas Connection [Paperback]

This book recounts the history and activities of the Denbigh, one of the Civil War's most successful blockade runners. A new introduction by J. Barto Arnold III (which includes a lengthy appendix) reviews recent archival and archaeological research and highlights the blockade runner's place in the Confederacy's complex and ultimately insoluble problem of obtaining manufactured items from abroad. From the reviews [A]n important contribution to the historian's knowledge of a significant aspect of the military operations of the Civil War. George L. Anderson in Civil War History [O]ffers much light in a hitherto little regarded area of Confederate studies. Professor Nichols deserves great credit for this fine contribution to Civil War knowledge. Allan C. Ashcraft in Southern Historical Quarterly This [volume] . . . should help future scholars to a better understanding of the period 1861-65 than has ever been possible before. Robert A. Brent in Journal of Mississippi History [A] pioneering work in the field of Trans-Mississippi logistics. William T. Windham in Journal of Southern HistoryThis book recounts the history of the Denbigh, one of the Civil War's most successful blockade runners. A new introduction by J. Barto Arnold III reviews recent archival and archaeological research and highlights the blockade runner's place in the Confederacy's complex and ultimately insoluble problem of obtaining manufactured items from abroad.Introduction to the Percheron Press Edition J. Barto Arnold IIIChapter 1. The Quartermaster: His Place and Purpose Chapter 2. Clothing and Equipage Chapter 3. The Tax-in-Kind in the Trans-Mississippi Chapter 4. The Cotton Bureau Chapter 5. Transportation: Supply and Maintenance Chapter 6. Payrolls, Claims, and Money Troubles Bibliography IndexJ. Barto Arnold III, Institute of Nautical Archaeology and Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas [new introduction]