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Page 1: The Civil War strategies of the Union and Confederate By Eric Long

The Civil War strategies of the Union and Confederate

By Eric Long

Page 2: The Civil War strategies of the Union and Confederate By Eric Long

The differences of the two sides of the war

The north • The problem of the north

was that when they would go to attack the enemy's territory they didn’t know what the landscape was like.

The south • The one problem of the

south was that they didn’t have many supplies and also didn’t know the area they were fighting in the north.

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How they fought the war

• The two sides of the war would line up facing each other.

• The center would have the infantry brigade with the musketeers and pikemen and on each side would be the cavalry

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The confederates plans

• Plans of the confederates#1 the main strategies was thatThe one strength was the vast sizeThe good generals and the soldiers fighting so

hard for their homeland.

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The union plans

Plans of the union• #1: the union had three plans to win the war1. The first was to capture the Mississippi river.2. The second was to block the southern ports.3. And last was to capture Richmond Virginia.

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The north's advantages

• The one north’s advantage was that they had more supplies and could get supplies faster than the south.

• The most factories and the large population.