They hired privateers as blockade runners. Unfortunately, any ship quick enough to evade the blockade could not carry much cargo.
194 Ships in the blockade fleet.
The blockade stopped the south from importing and exporting goods to other areas.
The Naval blockade
Abraham Lincoln created a naval blockade to prevent the south from being able to take part in trading activities. This was an attempt by the president to bring about a peaceful end to the Civil War. The south challenged the blockade by building torpedo boats to attack the naval ships involved in the blockade.
The trains IMPROVEMENT Railroads, wagons, carts, blockade-runners.
By organising a system of blockade-runners. (See 'Gone with the Wind'.)
The south was not allowed to import or export any goods during this blockade which lasted most of the Civil War.
The Naval blockade of Southern ports.
Telegraph lines in the South. Or the northern blockade meant the South could not sell its cotton. :P
The Northern blockade meant the South could not sell its cotton.
The Northern blockade meant the South could not sell its cotton.
With a 3,500 mile coastline