In response to the blockade various specially-built steamers were built and put to use by British investors who were heavily invested in the cotton and tobacco trade.
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Lawrence L. Shenfield, author of Confederate States of America: The Special Postal Routes (1961)
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The three major express companies in operation throughout the south were Adams Express, American Letter Express, and Whiteside's Express.
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