Anaconda_Plan

Anaconda Plan Anaconda Plan “Winfield Scott's original plan on how to crush the rebellion.” General-in-chief Winfield Scott was a great leader of the union troops during the civil war. He fought many battles and came up with various military strategies. His most famous military strategy was the “Anaconda Plan”. He was the man that updated President Lincoln (personally) on the national military situation. These meetings were to help Scott work out the Union military aims. Winfield Scott was born in Petersburg, Virginia on June 13, 1786. Scott joined the army in 1808 and served with distinction as a young brigadier general in the 1812 War. Captured on the Niagara frontier he was exchanged in 1813 and fought with distinction at Chippewa (July 5, 1814) and Lundy's Lane (July 25, 1814). After the war, Scott rose to the rank of major general and went to Europe to study military tactics and in 1841 became commanding general of the United States Army. At the start of the Mexican War Scott recommended to President James Polk that General Zachary Taylor should command United States forces in anaconda, plan, blockade, scott, war, military, general, union, navy, mexico, confederacy, vessels, strategy, scott's, president, ports, new, lincoln, civil, captured, been, york, virtually, virginia, very, united, time, taylor, supply, steamers, states, special, should, ships, sailing, proclaimed, party, others, one, off, major, made, july, ineffective, great, fought, forces, election, distinction