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When he heard of plans to run the blockade with a shipment of bacon intended for the rebellion, U.S. Consul George Abbot wrote from England to In this cartoon illustration, Union military cats, atop bales of cotton, kill "Southern rats" at the blockaded port. (Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society [nhnycw/aj aj08022])
