After the first year, any illusions that the war would be quick and dirty were gone. Winfield Scott, general in chief of the U.S. Army, – had identified the Mississippi River as an offensive opportunity. He came up with a plan, popularly called the Anaconda, which envisioned first encircling the Confederacy with a naval blockade …
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