Gideon Welles
Gideon Welles
Gideon Welleswas the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, a cabinet post he was given after supporting Lincoln in the 1860 election. Although opposed to the Union blockade of Southern ports, he duly carried out his part of the Anaconda Plan, largely sealing off the Confederate coastline and preventing the exchange of cotton for war supplies. This is viewed as a major cause of Union victory in the Civil War, and his achievement in expanding the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth1 July 1802
CountryUnited States of America
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