Anaconda+Plan+BR

Anaconda Plan- In the early stages of the war, Winfred Scot proposed for the war against the South featuring : a blockade to all seceding states. A strong colomn of 80,000 men should use the Mississippi River to break compleltely through the Confederacy. The purpose was to seize control of the Mississippi River to break the Confederacy two, and then strike from all sides at once, all with as little bloodshed as possible