[Non-Sequitur]

My figures came from "Lifeline of the Confederacy" by Stephen Wise. He quotes 68,202 bales exported out of Galveston. Those figures are for 1860-61 so they may be a bit skewed. Another telling statistic might be his figure for the value of exports from Galveston for 1859-60. He says the value of exports from Galveston was $5.7 million which might sound high, but pales when compared with total southern exports of $192 million. It still seems like Galveston and east Texas produced a very small part of the southern exports which, as we know, was mainly cotton.

[GOPcapitalist]

He says the value of exports from Galveston was $5.7 million which might sound high, but pales when compared with total southern exports of $192 million. It still seems like Galveston and east Texas produced a very small part of the southern exports which, as we know, was mainly cotton.

You are continuing in fallacy with the port of entry/exit concept. Many parts of east Texas are in closer proximity to Beaumont/Port Arthur and to Louisiana than they are to Galveston. They shipped out by way of those ports and the Mississippi. 1859 also says nothing of 1864 when cotton had been halted elsewhere by the war but continued in production in Texas where it was unimpeded. That is why Galveston became a blockade runner haven in 1864-65. They were recieving runners almost once a week during some of those months. The Lincoln knew this and, in 1864, tried to invade Texas with a massive army and fleet from the northeast.

[GOPcapitalist]

TAMU's stats say 114,000 bales at $11 million for 1860 out of Galveston. The Handbook of Texas says the same.