Anaconda Plan - Wikipedia
1861 cartoon map of Scott's plan with caricatures. The Anaconda Plan was a strategy outlined by the Union Army for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War. [1] Proposed by Union General-in-Chief Winfield Scott, the plan emphasized a Union blockade of the Southern ports and called for an advance down the ...
Anaconda plan | American Civil War | Britannica
Anaconda plan, military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War. The plan called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the South by Union land and naval
Anaconda Plan: Maps and Facts - civil-conflict.org
The objective of the Anaconda Plan was to establish a full Naval Blockade around the coastline of the Southern States and gain control of the Mississippi River (see the map of the Anaconda Plan).
Map
- Cartoon map illustrating Gen. Winfield Scott's plan to crush the Confederacy, economically. It is sometimes called the "Anaconda plan." - Description derived from published bibliography. - Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Anaconda Plan - Encyclopedia Virginia
2020年12月7日 · The Anaconda Plan was the nickname attached to Lieutenant General Winfield Scott ‘s comprehensive plan to defeat the Confederacy at the start of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Scott called for a strong defense of Washington, D.C., a blockade of the Confederacy’s Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and a massive land and naval attack along the ...
J.B. Elliott, Scott’s Great Snake (Anaconda Plan), 1861
The map references General Winfield Scott’s plan to blockade the Confederacy’s Atlantic and Gulf coasts and launch a major offensive down the Mississippi River to divide the South in two. Elliott’s map compares Scott’s scheme to an anaconda, a large South American snake that squeezes and crushes its prey.
Anaconda Plan, Summary, Facts, Significance, APUSH
2024年3月16日 · The Anaconda Plan was a strategy devised by General Winfield Scott in the early days of the Secession Criss that called for a naval blockade of Southern ports, which would prevent the Southern states from conducting trade with foreign nations. After Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, South Carolina responded by seceding from the ...
The Union Blockade During the US Civil War: The Anaconda Plan
2023年6月18日 · A cartoon-esque map of General Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan to defeat the Confederacy in the American Civil War. Scott reasoned that the vulnerability of a southern nation was its absence of manufacturing, supplies, and weapons production in the region.
Anaconda Plan - The Scott's Great Snake Plan to Block the South
The Anaconda Plan was the popular name given to a strategy employed by the Union during the American Civil War. It consisted of a large-scale blockade of ports in the South, combined with a Federal attack along the Mississippi River, aimed at splitting the Confederacy.
Anaconda Plan - mycivilwar.com
2024年11月26日 · The Anaconda Plan was drawn up to end the Civil War in favor of the Union. The plan was adopted in 1862, involving 4 main parts: Blockade the coast of the South to prevent the export of cotton, tobacco, and other cash crops from the South and to keep them from importing much needed war supplies.