Naval Strategy During the American Civil War

by Air War College

On 19 April 1861, in response to Confederate President Davis's revival of the use ofprivateers, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a naval blockade of seceded ports andproclaimed that any vessel interfering with U.S. merchants would be treated under piracylaws. The blockade was not as successful as originally hoped for as the South proved tobe more resourceful than originally assumed, and it did not completely deprive theConfederacy of food, arms,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500348740
• ISBN13: 9781500348748
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"