Strangling the Confederacy: Coastal Operations in the American Civil War

A historian and Citadel tactical officer examines the Civil War's naval conflicts to shed new light on the Union's vital yet overlooked Anaconda campaign.
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While the Civil War is mainly remembered for epic land battles, the Union waged an equally important campaign at sea-dubbed "Anaconda"-to gradually deprive the South of industry, commerce, and resources. The Rebels responded with fast ships called blockade runners that tried to evade the Yankee fleets...