Strangling the Confederacy

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Strangling the Confederacy examines the various naval actions and land incursions the Union waged from Virginia down the Atlantic Coast and through the Gulf of Mexico to methodically close down every Confederate port that could bring in weapons or supplies/5(7).

In Strangling the Confederacy, historian and Citadel tactical officer Kevin Dougherty examines the Union’s naval actions from Virginia down the Atlantic Coast and through the Gulf of Mexico. The Union’s Navy Board leveraged superior technology, including steam power and rifled artillery, in ways that rendered the Confederate coastal defenses nearly /5(7).

Strangling the Confederacy examines the various naval actions and land incursions the Union waged from Virginia down the Atlantic Coast and through the Gulf of Mexico to methodically close down every Confederate port that could bring in weapons or supplies.

The Rebels responded with fast ships - blockade runners - that tried to evade the Yankee fleets, while at the same /5(7). Strangling the Confederacy book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. A selection of the Military Book ClubWhile the Civil War is mai /5.

When an independent Dixie finally met the dustbin of history, it was the North’s coastal campaign, as much as the achievements of its main forces, that was primarily responsible.

Strangling the Confederacy examines the various naval actions and land incursions 3/5(1). While the multitude of small battles that flared along the Rebel coast throughout the Civil War have heretofore not been as well known as the more titanic inland battles, in a cumulative sense, Anaconda—the most prolonged of the Union campaigns—spelled doom for the : Casemate Publishers (Ignition).

Strangling the Confederacy book Kevin Dougherty Strangling the Confederacy: Coastal Operations in the American Civil War (First Edition first Printing) [Hardcover] Hardcover – Find all the books, read about the author, and more/5(7). Strangling the Confederacy examines the various naval actions and land incursions the Union waged from Virginia down the Atlantic Coast and through the Gulf of Mexico to methodically close down every Confederate port that could bring in weapons or supplies.

- Lone Star Book Review “It came to be known as the “Anaconda Plan”. It was a. In Strangling the Confederacy, historian and Citadel tactical officer Kevin Dougherty examines the Union’s naval actions from Virginia down the Atlantic Coast and through the Gulf of Mexico. The Union’s Navy Board leveraged superior technology, including steam power and rifled artillery, in ways that rendered the Confederate coastal defenses nearly obsolete.3/5(2).

Strangling the Confederacy examines the various naval actions and land incursions the Union waged from Virginia down the Atlantic Coast and through the Gulf of Mexico to methodically close down every Confederate port that could bring in weapons or supplies.

The Union's Navy Board, a unique institution at the time, undertook the correct strategy. Read "Strangling the Confederacy Coastal Operations in the American Civil War" by Kevin Dougherty available from Rakuten Kobo. A historian and Citadel tactical officer examines the Civil War’s naval conflicts to shed new light on the Union’s vital Brand: Casemate Publishers (Ignition).

Strangling the Confederacy examines the various naval actions and land incursions the Union waged from Virginia down the Atlantic Coast and through the Gulf of Mexico to methodically close down every Confederate port that could bring in weapons or supplies.

The Rebels responded with fast ships - blockade runners - that tried to evade the Yankee fleets, while at the same. In Strangling the Confederacy, Prof. Dougherty (Southern Mississippi), takes a look at Union amphibious operations, which were not, as one author once wrote, a.

Book Review: Strangling the Confederacy, Coastal Operations in the American Civil War Written by: Kevin Dougherty Strangling the Confederacy, as the title suggests, focuses on the coastal war, wherein the North tried to accelerate the blockade and downfall of the South by blocking and sometimes seizing the major ports.

My second complaint about this book is that after examining the Bibliography I see that this book is a combination of secondary sources only, and does not even list "The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" (O.R.), but even more shocking to me for a book about Civil War coastal /5.

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It should present the thesis of the book. what is the book about. What writing style was used. Personal recommendations. In Strangling the Confederacy, Prof. Dougherty (Southern Mississippi), takes a look at Union amphibious operations, which were not, as one author once wrote, a strategy “hit upon” more or less by luck.

Dougherty not only examines how amphibious operations influenced the course of the Civil War, but also how they pointed toward the development of both joint operations and.

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