naval blockade used by the union navy during the civil war.

Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online as part of America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia. General NotesĬataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia. The Anaconda Plan was a Union military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott after the Confederacys attack on Fort Sumter. Kellam attributes the diary to James Dickson in Savannah, Georgia.īlockade runner's diary, ms791, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries. Also contained in the collection are research notes, speeches, and correspondence of William Porter Kellam pertaining to his research of the diary. The author describes in detail the weather, sea conditions, eating habits, and life aboard ship fears of capture by Union forces maneuvers used to run the blockade and off loading the cargo.

The diary describes the voyage from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia and the return voyage on the brigantine the Standard of Windsor, loaded with dry goods, food, and medicine for the Confederate government.

The collection consists of the diary of a blockade runner during the Civil War from December 1861 through February 1862.

Blockade running was a major enterprise for Confederates until the end of the war, by which time over 1,000 blockade runners and hundreds of ships had been captured by the Union Navy. Located along twelve major ports and covering over 3,500 miles of coastline, this blockade crippled the Confederate economy and thus helped the Union to victory. During the American Civil War, the Union enacted a military tactic known as the Anaconda Plan, which cut off the Confederacy's considerable trade overseas.

Naval blockade used by the union navy during the civil war.