BROWN Jr., WILLIAM O.; BURDEKIN, RICHARD C. K. - In: The Journal of Economic History 60 (2000) 01, pp. 216-231
This article examines the Confederate cotton bonds floated in Europe in March 1863 and traded on the London market. Over a 27 March 1863 to 17 June 1865 sample we isolate two, nonreversed, turning points that follow news of Confederate defeat at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in July 1863 and the fall...