The blockade was more effective toward the end of the war.
Blockade
The Union navy was mostly used to blockade principal southern ports
Blockade
Blockade the confederate coast
Blockade the Confederate Coast
The blockage was more effective toward the end of the war.
The blockage was more effective toward the end of the war.
A highly successful tactic that prevented war supplies reaching the Confederacy.
Blockade
The blockade prevented needed supplies from coming in, and cotton from going out
The Naval blockade of Southern ports.
The Union navy was mostly used to blockade principal southern ports
The Northern blockade meant the South could not sell its cotton.
The Northern blockade meant the South could not sell its cotton.
The ships were used as a blockade, so the confederate could not leave and retreat from the southern states.
Despite the Union blockade of most Southern ports, it was not a complete blockade. Thus some quantities of cotton were able to be shipped over to Great Britain during the war.
Yes, throughout the entire Civil War.