Chapter 6, Theme 1b

1. Chapter 6, Theme 1b The Anaconda Timeline

2. The Anaconda Plan • A month after Manassas the war came to NC Union decided on the Anaconda Plan. • Winfield Scott suggested the plan. • The Union wanted to surround the Confederacy, blocking contact with the outside world, including Southern trade.

3. Part 1: Union forces use naval blockade to keep trading ships from leaving or arriving. • Part 2: Capture trading cities on the Confederate coastline and southern ports along the Mississippi River.

4. Blockades in NC • Union got to Outer Banks August 1861.. Stayed for Winter • February captured Roanoke. In March invaded New Bern (became regions Union Headquarters) • The Union was happy with the captures, however the coastline was not high priority for the Confederates, so they were not concerned. Though North Carolinians were very upset.

5. NC Angry, but African Americans happy. • NC seaports were home to many free blacks. When Union forces settled thousands of slaves left plantations seeking freedom where the Union was.

6. Fall 1862, New Bern held 7,500 African American refugees. • Mary Ann Starkey, free black woman, made friends with Union Officers. Some stayed in her home, organized community efforts, reading classes, meetings and relief supplies.

7. Blacks supported Union forces by : • Women cooked and washed, men loaded boats and built forts. Scouts gathered info on confederate movements, boatmen guided. • Union wanted to employ as many blacks as possible.

8. North/Union • The North and South had several advantages that would help them throughout the war. • In the North they had more men who could fight, more money, more factories to make uniforms, guns and more, and better railroad connections.

9. South/Confederates • The South’s advantages: • They had excellent generals, families and communities pitched in to supply soldiers and pride. They knew the land.