Charleston, SC New Orleans, LA Galveston, TX (for awhile)
The Union Navy sent warships to stop any shipping to or from the Confederate seaports. -it was in June of 1863, and it was during the civil war. -the union blockaded all of the confederate's army and military supplies. -this blockade came to an advantage in the battle of Gettysburg.
The key factors that led to the historic naval battle between the USS Merrimack and the USS Monitor during the American Civil War were the development of ironclad warships, the strategic importance of controlling the waterways, and the need to break the Union blockade of Confederate ports.
ironcled
The Confederate coastline was approximately 3,500 miles long, while the Union coastline measured around 2,200 miles. The vast length of the Confederate coastline posed challenges for the Union Navy in blockading and controlling access to Southern ports during the Civil War. The Union's coastline, although shorter, included significant strategic locations that were critical to their naval operations.
By May of 1862, the Union had not yet been able to close the ports of Charleston, Wilmington, Galveston, and Mobile.
A - The blockade of the southern ports. B - Hunting the Confederate cruisers which were attacking the Union merchant ships. C - Tactical and logistical supporting of landing operations along the Confederate coasts and major Confederate internal water roads. D - Search and destruction of the Confederate ironclads. E -Transportation of troop and supplies.
Cotton-shipping through mexican ports
If President Lincoln had not ordered a blockade of Southern ports during the US Civil War, the war would have been extended by several years. The blockade was a necessary operation in the Union's efforts to disrupt the Confederate's trading ability with England and France. It would be, however, be impossible for Lincoln to not use the strategy of blockading.
Blockade
The Union Navy blockaded them
France
It prevented any major vessels entering or leaving Southern ports. This ended Confederate hopes of exporting their plentiful cotton in exchange for war supplies.
The Union Navy sent warships to stop any shipping to or from the Confederate seaports. -it was in June of 1863, and it was during the civil war. -the union blockaded all of the confederate's army and military supplies. -this blockade came to an advantage in the battle of Gettysburg.
3,0000,500 miles
It was the Union Navy preventing the South from importing the war supplies it needed, having almost no manufacturing industry of its own.
Keep the ports open
Union naval blockade