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union strategy in the civil war
union strategy in
the civil war
as lincoln took office in
1861, southern states
were seceding and
forming the confederacy.
since lincoln had little
knowledge of war, he
depended on people like
general winfield scott to
propose a plan for the civil war
against the confederacy.
general winfield scott
created the anaconda
plan to take down the
confederacy. scotts
strategy was to put
the south on an
economic stranglehold
and fully isolate them
from anything coming
in or out of the
confederacy
scotts great snake
the anaconda plan
was utilized by the
union throughout the
civil war. however,
the strategy was
difficult to carry out
due to frequent
changes in command
what was the anaconda plan?
a plan to give supplies to the confederacy
a plan to isolate the south from having things come in
or go out
a plan to save endangered species of snakes in the
south
The Anaconda Plan was a Union military strategy in the Civil War aimed at blockading Southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River to cut off the Confederacy's supplies and trade, isolating it economically and militarily.
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a plan to isolate the South from having things come in or go out