MAY 2ND, 1861: This was the heart of the Winfield Scott's celebrated Anaconda Plan which would strangle the Confederacy on all sides. Control of the sea and inland waterways by the Union was key.
The great strategy for victory was to (a) strengthen the blockade, (b) split the Confederacy along the line of the Mississippi River, and (c) support land operations by amphibious assault, gunfire and transport.
The Union Navy had a key role to play in all of this.
--Old B-R'er
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