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=Union Blockade=

The Union Blockade took place between 1861 and 1865 during the American Civil War. On April 19, 1861, President Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern Ports. Blockade station service was the most boring job in the war but it was also the most attractive in terms of potential financial gain. While a large amount of Blockade runners did manage to evade the Union ships, as the blockade matured, the type of ship likely to find success in evading the naval cordon was small, light ship with a short draft.