David G. Surdam

Author, Speaker, Professor of Economics

PUBLICATIONS - ARTICLES

The Confederate Naval Buildup: Could More Have Been Accomplished?

Author: David G. Surdam
Publication: Naval War College Review
Publication Date: 2001
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The Union navy’s control of the American waters was a decisive element in the outcome of the Civil War. The Federal government’s naval superiority allowed it to project power along thousands of miles of coastline and rivers, subsist large armies in Virginia, and slowly strangle the southern economy by stymieing imports of European and northern manufactures and foodstuffs, Read more »

The Union Navy’s Blockade Reconsidered

Author: David G. Surdam
Publication: Naval War College Review
Publication Date: 1998

Discusses the Union Navy’s blockade during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Analyses of the blockade; Examination of the data commonly used in assessing the blockade; Description of the antebellum Southern economy; Effect of the blockade upon the Confederate war effort. Read more »

The Antebellum Texas Cattle Trade Across the Gulf of Mexico

Author: David G. Surdam
Publication: The Southwestern Historical Society
Publication Date: 1997
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Presents information on the antebellum Texas cattle trade across the Gulf of Mexico after the Civil War. Information on the trading practices of Texas in New Orleans; How the cattle were shipped from Texas; Details on the Galveston trade in the mid-1800s. Read more »