Union Blockade of Georgia’s Coast

    The Union Blockade of Georgia’s coast is basically what it sounds like. The Union posted soldiers on ships on Georgia’s coast, and all around the southern coast of the United States. With the north around the Confederate’s borders they could intercept any incoming imports. This was very damaging to the south because that was their mean of food, clothing, and any other war and life necessities. Imports were like a grocery store to the south. Before the war, if southerners needed something they would go to the grocery store and buy it (import the item if it was not available in the south). But now, the grocery store was closed, and the southerners couldn’t buy anything (the north blocked any incoming supplies coming to the south). Except, instead of the grocery store being closed for a week or two before another comes to replace it, the grocery store stayed closed and empty for five years (the Union blockade lasted the whole Civil War)!

*Map of Union Blockade*

Sources

*http://www.juniorgeneral.org/civil%20war/anaconda/anaconda.html

*http://americancivilwar.com/tcwn/civil_war/Navy_Ships/Union_Blockade_run_Vicksburg.html