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=**//__﻿ Proclamation of Blockade __//**= = =

===Recognizing that the Confederacy would have to import goods if they hoped to continue the war, Lincoln issued this proclamation, authorizing the blockade of ports in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. This blockade would be in process throughout the war. It also provided protection for United States vessels on the high seas, threatening to try violators for piracy. Despite these provisions, privateers, which is an armed, privately owned vessel commissioned for war service by a government, found that running the blockade was financially profitable and well worth the risk. ===