Eine Karte der Blockade, die die Vereinigten Staaten den aufständischen Südstaaten auferlegten, genannt Anaconda-Plan, durch die über 1.500 Schiffe gefangen oder versenkt wurden. Die überwältigende Marineüberlegenheit des Nordens während des Bürgerkriegs war ein wesentlicher Faktor für die Niederlage des Südens, dessen Marine den Hafen kaum verlassen konnte.
Von EssoEssex
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This map misses the mark by not including the Mississippi River as part of the Anaconda Plan.
The confederates were such fucking losers. It’s crazy that people would want to identify with them
The fact the South had a near monopoly on army leadership from the outset was about the only thing that kept them in the war as long as they did.
Being pro-slavery was about the only economic issue the southern states could agree on. There was constant infighting and bickering over who supported “the cause” more and who was sacrificing more.
The inherent issues with an agrarian economy trying to transform itself into a war economy got exposed almost immediately. The near complete lack of a Navy being near the top of that list.
The diplomats the South sent to Europe to get support were ill-prepared and often came off as rude, uncultured, and crass.
Once the Union army got their shit together, the South was fucked.
According to this map, there were more Union ports in the South than Confederate ports. Wtf
I am happy to see this map because most historians of the US Navy and of the American Civil War give a hard pass to anything to do with the US Navy in the Civil War (execpt for obligatory USS Monitor porn).
I remember reading that one unanticipated impact of the Anaconda Plan is that beef displaced pork as the most popular meat for Americans since cattle ranchers west of the land blockade points in Texas had much easier access to Northern markets than pig farmers in the main parts of the South.
With how expensive beef is getting now, I’m curious if this will get reversed after 160-someodd years.
FYI Charleston harbor is mid coast in SC, that icon is over Beaufort
Charleston label is in the wrong spot.
Dont forget to thank our friends the Russians for their help.
But that’s in international waters, isn’t that illegal?
A cool fact associated with this. Wealthy confederates / british financed specialized ships from the UK built to sneak past or outrun the blockade ships. If i recall correctly they were some of the fastest ships in the world at the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_runners_of_the_American_Civil_War
And this is why the H.L. Hunley was built ( that much like the Confederacy exploded and sank multiple times)
Huh never knew Fort Monroe was Fortress Monroe back then.
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free!
Get fucked enemies of freedom!