Fighting+the+Civil+War-snowy

__ The Early Stages  __ Naval War ** The Union tried to cut Confederate trade with the rest of the world by creating a blockade. The South got around it by using blockade runners (small, fast boats that could fit through the blockade) to send out their exports. Vicksburg ** Vicksburg Mississippi was the last major Confederate stronghold on the river.
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