The purpose of the union blockade was to prevent the south
from trading with England and France for weapons and other necessary supplies
for war. The man behind this master plan was General Winfield Scott. This plan
was also named the “anaconda plan” meaning that they were going to squeeze the
CSA to its “death.” In the beginning of this developing plan, it was unsuccessful
for two main reasons. The Union navy was
not able to completely blockade Georgia's coast, it was simply impossible to block everything at once when men and
warfare materials were limited. Another problem the union encountered were the Many
blockade runners. Blockade runners were Private citizens who took the risk of escaping
the union blockade, for the chance of huge profits, and traveling to and, if
they were not caught, back from Europe trading supplies.
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