Lincoln proclaims a blockade of the Southern ports
April 19, 1861, Washington, District of Columbia.
- Date
- April 19, 1861
- Where
- Washington, District of Columbia
- What happened
- Closed
- Event
- 4 of 174
Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of the ports of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, signed at Washington on April 19, 1861. The Navy had to watch 3,500 miles of coastline with 12 major ports. Wilmington was not blockaded until July 1861, three months after the proclamation.
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