This 1861 cartoon propaganda map published in Cincinnati and the patriotic envelope below depict Union general-in-chief Winfield Scott’s (1786–1866) plan to crush the South both economically and militarily. Scott’s plan called for a strong blockade of the Southern ports and a major offensive down the Mississippi River to divide the Confederacy and cut off supplies and assistance to its heartland. The press ridiculed Scott’s strategy as the “Anaconda Plan,” after the snake that kills by constriction, but it had its supporters as the anti-Confederacy envelope illustrates. This general strategy contributed greatly to the eventual Northern victory.