Well, it blocked any of their trade routes between the union and confedrate
To starve them of the imported goods they needed, having no manufacturing industry, only agriculture.
Serious shortage of war supplies of every kind on the Confederate side, and repeated efforts to recruit foreign allies to break the blockade.
the union blockade of southern shipping is located on the east coast of America
Lack of industry to produce war materiel, effective Union blockade of Confederate ports, limited manpower pool in comparison to the Union.
To blockade the south from going in and out and the north to attack Virginia. To separate the louisanna territory,Texas from Arkansas.
Because the South had no manufacturing industry, so it needed foreign imports. But it also had no Navy to combat the Union blockade.
Because the South had no manufacturing industry, so it needed foreign imports. But it also had no Navy to combat the Union blockade.
Union blockade happened in 1861.
Rapidly rising food prices across the South.
Rapidly rising food prices across the South.
To starve them of the imported goods they needed, having no manufacturing industry, only agriculture.
Serious shortage of war supplies of every kind on the Confederate side, and repeated efforts to recruit foreign allies to break the blockade.
so that we could not do and trade with Mexico
the union blockade of southern shipping is located on the east coast of America
Lack of industry to produce war materiel, effective Union blockade of Confederate ports, limited manpower pool in comparison to the Union.
They use Blockade Runners to go and get supplies, They use small, fast vessels to get by the big war ships. Some southern blockade runners also took the overland route, through Texas and on to Mexican ports, which were not subject to the blockade. However, after the Battle of Vicksburg, the Union controlled the entirety of the Mississippi River, cutting off the flow of goods into Texas from the rest of the Confederacy.
To blockade the south from going in and out and the north to attack Virginia. To separate the louisanna territory,Texas from Arkansas.