**unlocked** Scott's Pretty Good Snake (January 2023 Bonus)

This bonus episode spun off from Episode 87 covering the steamship Metropolis, which spent part of its career serving in the Atlantic Blockading Squadron. We look at the effectiveness of the blockade and impact that the contraband trade had on life in the Confederacy.**note, the last 5-ish minutes of the episode is just some hot mic / behind the scenes discussion from between recordings that we left in**Sources:Byrne, Frank J. "Rebellion and Retail: A Tale of Two Merchants in Confederate Atlanta." The George Historical Quarterly, vol. 79, no. 1, 1995, pp. 30 - 56.Ruminski, Jarrett. "'Tradyville': The Contraband Trade and the Problem of Loyalty in Civil War Mississippi." Journal of the Civil War Era, vol. 2, no. 4, 2012, pp. 511 - 537.Still, William N. "A Naval Sieve: The Union Blockade in the Civil War." Naval War College Review, vol. 36, no. 3, 1983, pp. 38 - 45.Support the show