The Union Blockade in the American Civil War – A Reassessment Bonner Mccord

The Union Blockade in the American Civil WarA Reassessment\nAuthor(s): Michael Bonner, Peter McCord\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Tennessee Press, United States\nImprint: University of Tennessee Press\nISBN-13: 9781621906704, 978-1621906704\nSynopsis\nSwashbuckling stories of the Union naval blockade of the Southern states and the blockade runners who smuggled goods to the Confederacy have long been a part of the romanticized image of the Civil War. Throughout the war, Lincolns blockade and attempts to breach it touched nearly every aspect of the war effort. The Union prevented crucial material from reaching Confederate forces, while blockade runners smuggled hundreds of thousands of guns to rebel armies. No other military campaign lasted as long or had as many long-term consequences on the outcome of the Civil War.\n\nCovering more than three thousand miles of Southern coastline and employing the services of 100,000 sailors, the blockade was a massive undertaking large.