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title: "What was the name of the Union strategy in which the Union wanted to blockade the Confederate coast and take control of the Mississippi River?"  
description: "What was the name of the Union strategy in which the Union wanted to blockade the Confederate coast and take control of the Mississippi River?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43264/what-was-the-name-of-the-union-strategy-in-which-the-union-wanted-to-blockade-the-confederate-coast-and-take-control-of-the-mississippi-river  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was the name of the Union strategy in which the Union wanted to blockade the Confederate coast and take control of the Mississippi River?

What was the name of the Union [strategy](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/305648/how-to-create-an-effective-marketing-strategy-for-your-online-products) in which the Union wanted to blockade the Confederate coast and take [control of the Mississippi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42789/how-did-the-union-army-gain-control-of-the-mississippi-river) River?


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