It was the Union Navy preventing the South from importing the war supplies it needed, having almost no manufacturing industry of its own.
Lack of industry to produce war materiel, effective Union blockade of Confederate ports, limited manpower pool in comparison to the Union.
after civil war
Savannah was a critical Confederate port city during the Civil War, serving as a key supply line for the Confederacy. The Union's strategy of a full blockade aimed to cut off these supply routes, thereby crippling the Confederate economy and military capabilities. By blockading Savannah, the Union sought to prevent the transport of goods and troops, ultimately contributing to the weakening of the Confederate war effort. The successful capture of Savannah in December 1864 marked a significant victory for the Union, further tightening the blockade's efficacy.
Jefferson Davis served as President of the Confederate States throughout the Civil War.
Dixie was the Confederate anthem.
Blockading the Southern 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.
Blockading the Confederate coastline and navigable entrances.
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Bigger population to recruit from. Largely successful blockading of Southern ports. Skilful move (the Emancipation Proclamation) that prevented foreign nations from sending aid to the Confederates. A president who was better at choosing and using Generals than his Confederate opposite number.
The Anaconda Plan called for blockading southern ports and capturing the Mississippi Valley to choke off the South from rest of the world, and, with modifications, that is what they did.
The Union Fleet succeeded in effectively blockading the Southern ports, several of which were also seized before the end of the war. Furthermore they were able to prevent the Confederate ironclads of getting into open sea, forcing them to a mere defensive function of "fleet in being" .
Blockading the Southern ports, to starve the South of war supplies from abroad. Liberating the Mississippi, to divide the Confederacy into two, isolating all armies to the West of the river.
In the early stages of the US Civil War, the Confederacy had nine ports with rail connections to the interior. These ports were vital to the South fro the purpose of selling cotton to Europe and for receiving war supplies and sending them to vital areas in the South.
after civil war
Lack of industry to produce war materiel, effective Union blockade of Confederate ports, limited manpower pool in comparison to the Union.