Anaconda Plan
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The Anaconda Plan was the Union’s early Civil War strategy to blockade and economically constrict the Confederacy, likened to a snake slowly suffocating its prey.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anaconda Plan canonical | 9 |
| Anaconda Plan blockade | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War strategy
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Union strategy ⓘ military strategy ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
blockading Southern coastline
ⓘ
cutting off Confederate trade ⓘ restricting Confederate access to supplies ⓘ splitting the Confederacy along the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Scott’s Great Snake ⓘ |
| blockadeScope | entire Confederate coastline ⓘ |
| blockadeType | naval blockade ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizedBy | Northern press ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
being overly cautious
ⓘ
being too slow ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
Harper's Weekly
ⓘ
surface form:
1861 cartoon "Scott’s Great Snake"
|
| designedByPosition | General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| effect |
contributed to Confederate economic hardship
ⓘ
helped prevent European intervention ⓘ limited Confederate imports of war materiel ⓘ restricted Confederate cotton exports ⓘ |
| goal |
avoid large-scale frontal assaults
ⓘ
economically weaken the Confederacy ⓘ force Confederate surrender with minimal bloodshed ⓘ limit foreign recognition of the Confederacy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
control of the Mississippi River
ⓘ
division of the Confederacy ⓘ economic strangulation of the Confederacy ⓘ naval blockade of Confederate ports ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Union Army
ⓘ
Union Navy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Union naval strategy
ⓘ
Union riverine operations ⓘ |
| metaphor | snake slowly suffocating its prey ⓘ |
| namedAfter | anaconda ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Confederate States of America ⓘ |
| proposedBy |
Winfield Scott
ⓘ
surface form:
General-in-Chief Winfield Scott
Winfield Scott ⓘ |
| riverControl |
Mississippi River
ⓘ
major Western rivers ⓘ |
| startTime | 1861 ⓘ |
| strategyType |
economic warfare
ⓘ
war of attrition ⓘ |
| theater |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Mississippi River valley ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
|
| timePeriod | early American Civil War ⓘ |
| usedBy | Union ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Winfield Scott
this entity surface form:
Anaconda Plan blockade