[PAR] [TLE] USS South America (1861) [SEP] USS "South America" (1861) was a whaler purchased by the Union Navy on 9 November 1861 at New London, Connecticut.  She was acquired to be sunk as an obstruction in the channel leading to a Confederate port as part of the Union blockade on ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America. [PAR] [TLE] Confederate States of America [SEP] The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.  The Confederacy was originally formed by seven secessionist slave-holding states – South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas – in the Lower South region of the United States whose regional economy was mostly dependent upon agriculture, particularly cotton, and a plantation system that relied upon the labor of African-American slaves.
[PAR] [TLE] USS South America ( 1861 ) [ SEP ] USS " South America " ( 1861 ) was a whaler purchased by the Union Navy on 9 November 1861 at New London , Connecticut . She was acquired to be sunk as an obstruction in the channel leading to a Confederate port as part of the Union blockade on ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America . [PAR] [TLE] Confederate States of America [ SEP ] The Confederate States of America ( CSA or C.S. ) , commonly referred to as the Confederacy , was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865 . The Confederacy was originally formed by seven secessionist slave - holding states – South Carolina , Mississippi , Florida , Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , and Texas – in the Lower South region of the United States whose regional economy was mostly dependent upon agriculture , particularly cotton , and a plantation system that relied upon the labor of African - American slaves .
USS South America was used to block ports and waterways on states commonly referred to as what?
USS South America was used to block ports and waterways on states commonly referred to as what ?
the Confederacy
the Confederacy