Union blockade | Wikipedia audio article

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Union blockade


00:00:48 1 Proclamation of blockade and legal implications
00:03:37 1.1 Recognition of the Confederacy
00:05:06 2 Operations
00:05:15 2.1 Scope
00:08:10 2.2 Blockade service
00:09:41 2.3 Blockade runners
00:14:28 3 Impact on the Confederacy
00:16:49 3.1 Impact on International Trade
00:20:00 3.2 Confederate response
00:21:11 4 Major engagements
00:25:19 5 Squadrons
00:25:35 5.1 Atlantic Blockading Squadron
00:26:11 5.2 North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
00:26:58 5.2.1 Commanders
00:27:06 5.3 South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
00:27:45 5.3.1 Commanders
00:27:53 5.4 Gulf Blockading Squadron
00:28:21 5.4.1 Commanders
00:28:29 5.5 East Gulf Blockading Squadron
00:28:56 5.5.1 Commanders
00:29:03 5.6 West Gulf Blockading Squadron
00:29:44 5.6.1 Commanders
00:29:52 6 See also



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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 only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. They were operated largely by British [citation needed] citizens, making use of neutral ports such as Havana, Nassau and Bermuda. The Union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.