The West Gulf Blockade

Lincoln’s “Operation Anaconda” was designed to use the Union’s naval power to slowly squeeze the South into reconciliation. Operations along Florida’s west coast were only marginally effective at best. Join us for a look at the Blockaders and Blockade Runners and their lively game of cat-and-mouse in Florida’s Gulf waters during the War Between the States.

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