New Orleans, LA Port Hudson, LA Mobile, AL Corpus Cristi, TX Savannah, GA Charleston, SC Not sure which towns were used as ports in VA and NC as they were so numerous but yet being blocked by the Union blockade runners.
3,0000,500 miles
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Charleston harbor
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Charleston harbor
The Union naval blockade of Confederate ports
Anaconda Plan
By May of 1862, the Union had not yet been able to close the ports of Charleston, Wilmington, Galveston, and Mobile.
It was to blocade Confederate ports and intercept war materiel from Europe.
There is a train, boat and air port in Memphis many other cities have air and train ports
Connected the middle of the country cities with other cities and ports on the coasts they facilitated the movement of vast quantities materiel and goods.
The Union navy was given the task of blockading almost 3,000 miles of Confederate coastlines. Many ports were involved and the Union needed to build almost a new navy to cover the Southern ports.