It's a trade off, and for many people it's one that is well worth the regular HOA fees. Still, before you commit to the purchase of a condo or townhouse in a managed development it's important to understand how HOA fees are calculated, and what you should expect to get in return for your money.
What was the effect of the naval blockade of the Confederacy by the Union? Serious shortage of war supplies of every kind on the Confederate side, and repeated efforts to recruit foreign allies to break the blockade.
Especially after the spring of 1862, the trans-Mississippi was strategically irrelevant to the South. The remainder of Confederate territory was too long and too thin, nowhere more than 450 miles deep. Such a territory can be broken into pieces, which is exactly what happened. Union naval power and the flow of the rivers in the West permitted Union forces to penetrate deeply into the Confederacy by early 1862.