The Federal Blockade In The Civil War

The article discusses the federal marine blockade to southern insurrection states during American Civil War (1861-1865). The article will focus on the establishment and implementation of federal navy blockade, the civil war sailor's life and the evaluation on blockade and discuss blockade's function and the meaning in the civil war, trying to show a clear and substantial contour on the civil war blockade as well as to demonstrate the role and significance of blockade in the Civil War.The article falls into four Chapter:Chapter one mainly discusses how the federal government established the blockade to south insurrection states. Before the explosion of the Civil War, some people put forward the blockade approach to suppress the secession of the southern states. After the outbreak of the war, Lincoln's government declared the"Blockade Announcement", however, at that time, the strength of American federal navy was far from to meet the needs of the blockade requirement. After the navy minister Ginden Wells's fruitful restructure, the federal navy strength had an unprecedented growth and blockade was just established.Chapter two mainly discusses, during the Civil War, how the federal government further strengthened the blockade strategy and analyzed the reason of southern states'failure to resist blockade. Through the formation of blockade committee, establishing naval base, setting up the booty bonus system and further strengthening navy strength etc., the federal blockade system tended to be perfect. Although the south successively adopted the method of privateer, armor warship and assault warship, trying to break federal blockade. However, due to lacking of industrial foundation and strategic mistake, these efforts all ended in failure.Chapter three mainly discusses the conscription of federal navy and navy soldier's work and life on the sea, with the analysis of reasons for federal navy's difficult conscription. Although facing many other negative factors, such as extraordinarily difficult conditions, the sailor who was full of patriotism still maintained to be on the front-line of blockading and made an indelible contribution for the reunification of the United States.Chapter four mainly discusses the functions of blockade in the Civil War and analyzed the reasons for blockade efficiency. Facts had proved that federal blockade heavily stroke foreign trade of the south, resulting in southern economy collapse. Although the blockade did not stop large number of smuggling ships from entering and leaving the south port, we did not negate the tremendous role in blockade. Federal naval blockade is the important reason for the victory on the Civil War, in that the blockade had made tremendous contributions to an early end of the Civil War.Blockade in the Civil War creation had a profound impact on the U.S. Navy's development. It had a direct impact on the U.S. Navy's strategic development theory. The new blockade technology had been applied to the U.S. Navy after the war.