Union blockade
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union-blockade-161-14684949
title:
Union blockade
text:
The Union blockade in the American Civil War was a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading. The blockade was proclaimed by President Abraham Lincoln in April 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of Atlantic and Gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably New Orleans and Mobile. Those blockade runners fast enough to evade the Union Navy could carry only a small fraction of the supplies needed. They were operated largely by British c
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Union blockade of the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_blockade
date created:
2005-06-03T17:23:56Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T08:02:03Z
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