Why was it so important to the South’s Civil War effort that Texas maintain control of its ports?

At the time of the Civil War, the South had an agriculturally-based economy and there were no manufacturing plants. All of the manufacturing plants that produced things like shoes, clothes, ammunition, and food were in the North. Therefore, when the war began, the South had to rely on receiving goods and supplies from the outside – from their trade partners in Europe. The South did not have enough of their own supplies to last through a long war. Therefore, ports throughout the South became very important as a way of keeping troops and families alive. One of the main ways for goods to reach the Confederacy was through Texas ports. The Confederate coast was lengthy and difficult for the Union to shut down. A key role for Texans was to keep its ports open and free from Union control.

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union blockade

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the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.