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It captured transport vessels, creating acute supply shortages.
skyrocketing food prices in the south
The union blocked the confederacy by using a naval blockade.
It captured transport vessels, creating acute supply shortages.
naval blockades from southern ports
Union's naval supremacy and blockade of Southern ports.
It captured transport vessels, creating acute supply shortages
Serious shortage of war supplies of every kind on the Confederate side, and repeated efforts to recruit foreign allies to break the blockade.
It was a successful tactic by the Union Navy to blockade the Southern ports, so that the Confederacy could not export its plentiful cotton in exchange for war-supplies.
The naval blockade prevented the Confederacy from receiving supplies from Britain(mostly). It also prevented goods from shipping out so the money which would otherwise be made by this commerce was reduced. In an effort to defeat the blockade "Blockade Runners"were used. These were low-profile,fast ships that could sometimes get past the larger Union Navy ships and make it to port.
Severe shortages of all kinds, relieved only by fast, light blockade-running vessels, mostly bringing in luxuries, not war supplies.
The naval blockade prevented the Confederacy from receiving supplies from Britain(mostly). It also prevented goods from shipping out so the money which would otherwise be made by this commerce was reduced. In an effort to defeat the blockade "Blockade Runners"were used. These were low-profile,fast ships that could sometimes get past the larger Union Navy ships and make it to port.