destroyed a confederate draft fleet defending mobile bay
so that we could not do and trade with Mexico
The naval blockade prevented the Confederacy from receiving supplies from Britain(mostly). It also prevented goods from shipping out so the money which would otherwise be made by this commerce was reduced. In an effort to defeat the blockade "Blockade Runners"were used. These were low-profile,fast ships that could sometimes get past the larger Union Navy ships and make it to port.
The naval blockade prevented the Confederacy from receiving supplies from Britain(mostly). It also prevented goods from shipping out so the money which would otherwise be made by this commerce was reduced. In an effort to defeat the blockade "Blockade Runners"were used. These were low-profile,fast ships that could sometimes get past the larger Union Navy ships and make it to port.
Blockade of Stralsund happened in 1758.
Well, it blocked any of their trade routes between the union and confedrate
Which one did you have in mind.
they weakened the blockade
gulf cost
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.
No. There was a blockade and goods didn't get shipped out or brought in.
In the Summer of 1590, the British blockade of Paris greatly reduced the city's food supply. In addition to that, it forced Spanish troops to leave the Netherlands with the objective of breaking the British blockade of Paris.
Serious shortage of war supplies of every kind on the Confederate side, and repeated efforts to recruit foreign allies to break the blockade.
Rapidly rising food prices across the South.
Rapidly rising food prices across the South.
It deprived them of the imports they needed, having no manufacturing capacity of their own. That is why the blockade-runners like Rhett Butler became such important and glamorous figures.
destroyed a confederate draft fleet defending mobile bay