The Union and Confederate Navies Three days after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, on April 15, 1861, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to enlist for three months. Soon after he called for an additional 42,000 men to sign on for three years, and provided large increases in the army and navy budgets. Lack of planning in the North and poor resources in the South meant that the campaign at sea got off to a slow start. Similarly, time was …showed first 75 words of 1215 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1215 total…Union blockade, they almost came through in driving the Union shipping flag from the sea. However, Union trade itself was not destroyed. When the European harvest failed in the early 1860s, the main crops of the Midwest were still sold to Europeans and trade pretty much continued to flourish. (www.scrtec.rtec.org/track /tracks/011/c01152ad.html) The Confederate Navy, while completly outmanned and underpowered, still fought persistently and with pride in every battle.