Union blockade
Northern maritime stranglehold
The Union blockade was the naval strategy employed by the United States during the American Civil War (1861–1865) to seal off Confederate ports along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
The blockade aimed to strangle Southern commerce, preventing cotton exports and cutting off imports of weapons and supplies.
Though initially porous, it tightened over the war's course and contributed significantly to the Confederacy's economic collapse.
- Jefferson DavisConfederacy's only president
- Confederate StatesSecessionist southern republic
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- WilmingtonDelaware's principal city
- American Civil War1861-1865 U.S. conflict
Emancipation Proclamation · Abraham Lincoln · Gulf of Mexico · cotton trade · contraband goods · ship · Nassau · Confederacy · Fort Sumter · naval · war at sea · slavery · Atlantic · fleet · harbors · coastline · ironclad · patrol
Union blockadeground invasion
Armed forces entering territory
cavalry raid · frontal assault · trench warfare · siege warfare · amphibious landing