Confederacy Blockade

Winfield scott is going to provide the very plan that the united states uses to defeat the confederacyah, he had predicted that it was not going to be quite as long. At the same time, this creates a serious problem, because under international laws of war, a blockade indicates a state of war between nations. How do you blockade your own ports if you claim that they still belong to the united states? How do you do that? But this is war, and something needs to be done, and this is the best military plan. He issues a blockade order on april nine 18 61, indicating that there will be this a push in the coast line to make sure that