Pros and Cons of the Anaconda Plan
Pros-It was a humanitarian way of defeating the rebellion as opposed to invading the south with massive numbers of troops, killing, burning and capturing everything in sight. General Scott's Anaconda Plan was a very passive way of defeating the Confederacy.
Cons-There were problems with the Anaconda plan. A naval blockade had to close off all the ports along the extensive southern Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts. ... As long as the Confederacy had control of the Mississippi River the Anaconda plan was not complete. The conquest of Vicksburg sealed off the Mississippi River.
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