The strategy was to suppress the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War proposed by general Chief Winfield Scott, the plan<span> was to blockaded the Southern ports, and called for an advance down the Mississippi River to cut the South in two.</span>
The goal of the Anaconda Plan was to squeeze the life out of the South by a naval blockade to cut off shipping, as well as a thrust down the Mississippi River.
The Anaconda Plan uses the term "anaconda," which is a large type of boa snake which squeezes the life out of its victims. As a military strategy, the Anaconda Plan was proposed by Union General Winfield Scott. The "anaconda" analogy refers especially to the blockade of the coastline of the Confederate states.
