Civil War Strategies

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Civil War Strategies

• Union (North)
• Confederacy (South)

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Anaconda Plan
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Anaconda Plan

• Union strategy
• Original plan was Winfield Scotts
• Strangle the Confederacy (like a snake)
• Blockade of South
• Cut off lines at Mississippi River (divided it
  into 2)
• Move into South and capture Southern capital at
  Richmond

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Unions Plan

• Some ridiculed the plan
• It wasnt adopted (at the beginning)
• As time went on the strategies developed anyway

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Confederates Plan

• Defensive strategy
• Started with claim that they just wanted to be
  left alone
• Also took into account the Norths advantage in
  resources
• Just had to not lose

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Norths Advantage

• Population
• Wealth
• Railroads
• Merchants
• Naval
• Production
• Farm acreage

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Souths Advantage

• Military leadership
• Motivation (at least until they were overwhelmed)