Ironclads+and+Blockades


 * Ironclads and Blockades**



http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/september/blockade.htm

 Ironclads were mostly for attacking enemy ships and attacking forces on land. They were the start of the modern-day battle warships. Blockades, or barricades, were used to stop an enemy from getting somewhere, especially enemy boats.    There were also blockade runners in the Civil war which mainly brought food and cargo to places that needed help. These blockade runners needed to go through the enemy blockades to get to the country that was in crucial need of help. The first action of nautical combat in the American Civil War was the blockade of Southern ports by the Union Navy. On April 19, 1861, a blockade was made that was part of General Winfield Scott's strategy called the Anaconda Plan. The main goals of the blockades were to prevent desperately needed goods—like manufactured goods, war material, and items of great magnificence—from reaching the South and to stop the exporting of raw cotton to manufacturers of foreign countries by blocking off the ports. The blockade was not effective.  Mainly from Google and http://www.civilwarhome.com/ironclad.htm <--- My Notes

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