On this day in the Civil War, Southern plantation owners along the Atlantic coast burn their cotton crops to prevent confiscation by Union troops.
Cotton bales
(Photo Credit: Library of Congress)
December 9, 1861
Posted: December 11, 2016 in On this Day in the Civil WarTags: american civil war, confederate, cotton, on the day in the civil war, the civil war, union
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