<P> In the early days of the Civil War , General - in - Chief Winfield Scott 's proposed strategy for the war against the South had two prominent features : first , all ports in the seceding states were to be rigorously blockaded ; second , a strong column of perhaps 80,000 men should use the Mississippi River as a highway to thrust completely through the Confederacy . A spearhead , a relatively small amphibious force of army troops transported by boats and supported by gunboats , should advance rapidly , capturing the Confederate positions down the river in sequence . They would be followed by a more traditional army , marching behind them to secure the victories . The culminating battle would be for the forts below New Orleans ; when they fell , the river would be in Federal hands from its source to its mouth , and the rebellion would be cut in two . </P>
<P> In the early days of the Civil War , General - in - Chief Winfield Scott 's proposed strategy for the war against the South had two prominent features : first , all ports in the seceding states were to be rigorously blockaded ; second , a strong column of perhaps 80,000 men should use the Mississippi River as a highway to thrust completely through the Confederacy . A spearhead , a relatively small amphibious force of army troops transported by boats and supported by gunboats , should advance rapidly , capturing the Confederate positions down the river in sequence . They would be followed by a more traditional army , marching behind them to secure the victories . The culminating battle would be for the forts below New Orleans ; when they fell , the river would be in Federal hands from its source to its mouth , and the rebellion would be cut in two . </P>
what did the union army do to complete step 3 of the anaconda plan
what did the union army do to complete step 3 of the anaconda plan
The culminating battle would be for the forts below New Orleans ; when they fell , the river would be in Federal hands from its source to its mouth , and the rebellion would be cut in two
The culminating battle would be for the forts below New Orleans ; when they fell , the river would be in Federal hands from its source to its mouth , and the rebellion would be cut in two