Union Blockade

In the beginning of the Civil War, and the Union needed to come up with a plan to halt the growth and expansion of the Confederacy. So Union General Winfield Scott came up with a plan. He states that the Union should blockade Southern ports, divide the Confederacy in two, and raise a HUGE army. Southern ports were major trade centers for imports and exports. After General Scott blocked them, the economy dropped causing drama throughout the Confederacy. Civilians living there relied on the blocked supplies to survive.The Union's navy was skilled enough to capture the Mississippi River, which split the Confederacy in half. The North's enormous population also gave Scott the supplies to train over 50,000 troops to fight. 

The Union was successful in completing this plan. The blockades would create an opportunity to capture the booming city of Atlanta, GA. Atlanta was a center for Confederate weapons and ammunition manufacturing. If the UNion could capture it, they would have the upper hand in the war. Additionally, ending a "total war" that now involves civilians.

General Winfield Scott