Cartoon map illustrating General Winfield Scott's plan to crush the Confederacy economically, 1861
This snake represents the Union blockade of Southern ports.
The illustrated map shows a giant snake, "Scott's Great Snake," wrapped around the Confederate states. Its tail is coiled around a flagpole with a U.S. flag and a liberty cap at Washington, D.C. Its body extends around Florida and up through Texas, Indian Territory, Kansas, and around to Missouri. It's head, which rests above southern Missouri, is decorated with the stars and stripes of the American flag. It bears its fangs, driving "Jackson & Co." into Arkansas.
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