General Winfield Scott designed this strategic plan in the early days of the Civil War. To give direction to the Union war effort against the South. The plan advocated a full naval blockade of the South's coastline, a military campaign to gain control of the Mississippi River, and the placement of armies at key points in the South to squeeze-- like the Anaconda snake--the life out of the Confederacy. In various ways, this plan helped inform overall Union strategy in militarily defeating the South.