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What was the intent of the union war strategy known as the anaconda plan?
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∙ 9y ago
The Anaconda Plan was drawn up by General Winfield Scott to end the American Civil War in favor of the North. The plan was adopted in 1862, involving four main parts.
1. Blockade the coast of the South to prevent the export of cotton, tobacco, and other cash crops from the South and to keep them from importing much needed war supplies.
2. Divide the South by controlling the Mississippi River to cut the South off from the west.
3. Divide the South by capturing the Tennessee River Valley and marching through Georgia to the coast.
4. Capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
The Tennessee River Valley was very important to the South, as the Confederacy stockpiled weapons and supplies at Nashville, and built Fort Henry and Fort Donelson on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, respectively. However, their defenses did not hold, and after Grant's taking of the garrison at Fort Donelson on February 16, 1862, Southern commander Albert Sidney Johnston withdrew and the supply depot remained in Union hands until the end of the war. One of the justifications Robert E Lee made to Jefferson Davis for his attacks in Pennsylvania was the need for supplies, and his campaign led to the decisive Battle of Gettysburg. Had the South held the Tennessee Valley, they might have had the resources to drag the war on for long enough to force the North into a compromise.
Actually the Tennessee Valley, Atlanta Campaign, and drive on Richmond were not specifically part of the Anaconda Plan. They were added by subsequent commanders, and did compliment and expand the original. The original plan called for the coastal blockade and he capture of the Mississippi Valley, nothing more.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 9y agoDuring the American Civil War, the intent of the Union strategy known as the Anaconda Plan was to strangle the South into submission through several means. The first means was a naval blockade to prevent sea-borne trade from reaching Southern ports or leaving them. The second was to menace the Southern capitol of Richmond, Virginia, so as to drain strength from the overall Southern military force. The third was to cut the South in two along the Mississippi River, which would both damage severely the Southern economy while exposing the Deep South states to direct invasion.
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∙ 12y ago1. blockade the South
2. secure the capital
3. capture the Mississippi river.
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∙ 13y agoto smother the southern's economy like the anaconda itself squeezing its prey.
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∙ 12y ago1. Blockade the southern ports 2. Secure the capital 3. Capture the mississippi river
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Who is war strategy was the anaconda plan?
That was Winfield Scott, the General-in-Chief who was still in the chair in 1861, although far too old for the job. His long-term plan for the war was ridiculed as 'Scott's Anaconda' (slow strangulation) at a time when almost everyone else thought it would be a short and fairly bloodless war. Time would prove him right, and the Union did eventually put this sort of plan into effect.
What did the union army do to complete step 3 of the Anaconda plan from 1864 to 186?
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Why was Vicksburg key to the unions anaconda plan?
it would give the Union control of the Mississippi river
What statement best descirbes the anaconda plan?
it was the union's strategy to surround and squeeze the confederacy -novanet
anaconda plan?
Union plan to block all of the Confederate's resources, strangling them economically by taking over water ways with the navy. (suffocate them to surrender)
Which of the following was a war strategy used by the Union?
the strategy that the union used was called the anaconda plan the anaconda plan was that the union would surround the confederate on all sides
What was the name of the strategy of the north in fighting the civil war?
in the beginning of the war the union stragety was known as the anaconda plan
What was the intent of the Union strategy known as the Anaconda Plan?
During the American Civil War, the intent of the Union strategy known as the Anaconda Plan was to strangle the South into submission through several means. The first means was a naval blockade to prevent sea-borne trade from reaching Southern ports or leaving them. The second was to menace the Southern capitol of Richmond, Virginia, so as to drain strength from the overall Southern military force. The third was to cut the South in two along the Mississippi River, which would both damage severely the Southern economy while exposing the Deep South states to direct invasion.
Did the Union use a stampede for a war strategy?
No, Scott devised the Anaconda Plan: a blockade and starve strategy.
What was the Union's strategy for cutting the south in two?
i think it the anaconda plan/act
What was the name of the union military strategy or plan throughout the war?
The Anaconda Plan
What was the name of the union strategy in which the union wanted to blockade the confederate coast and take control of the Mississippi?
The Anaconda Plan
What is the union strategy to win the war by weakening the South was called?
It was Called The Anaconda Plan
Union strategy to gain control of Confederate ports and the Mississippi River?
Anaconda Plan
What was the name if the union strategy to control the Mississippi River and split the confederacy?
Anaconda plan
What was the name of the Union strategy in which the union wants to blockade the confederate coast and take control of the Mississippi river?
The Anaconda Plan
What was the name of the Union strategy in which the Union wanted to blockade the Confederate coast and take control of the Mississippi River?
The Anaconda Plan
