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Union & Confederate Military Strategy

Union & Confederate Military Strategy. 1861. Military Advantages. Union. Confederacy. Larger Population Greater industrial capacity Better transportation ability ( rail ). Defending “home” Interior lines of supply Interior lines of communication. Strategy in the North.

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Union & Confederate Military Strategy

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  1. Union & ConfederateMilitary Strategy 1861

  2. Military Advantages Union Confederacy Larger Population Greater industrial capacity Better transportation ability (rail) Defending “home” Interior lines of supply Interior lines of communication

  3. Strategy in the North • Horace Greely, publisher of the New York Herald, echoed the sentiments of many with his slogan “On to Richmond!”

  4. Anaconda Plan

  5. Strategy in the South • ". . . It is one thing to drive the rebels from the south bank of the Potomac, or even to occupy Richmond, but another to reduce and hold in permanent subjection a tract of country nearly as large as Russia in Europe. . . No war of independence ever terminated unsuccessfully except where the disparity of force was far greater than it is in this case. . . Just as England during the revolution had to give up conquering the colonies so the North will have to give up conquering the South. . . ."

  6. Strategy in the South • All we ask is to be left alone – Jefferson Davis

  7. Offensive-Defensive Strategy • Governor’s, Congressmen, and the public demanded troops to defend every portion of the Confederacy from northern penetration • “The idea of waiting for blows, instead of inflicting them, is altogether unsuited to the genius of our people. The aggressive policy is the truly defensive one. A column pushed forward into Ohio or Pennsylvania is worth more to us, as a defensive measure, than a whole tier of seacoast batteries from Norfolk to the Rio Grande” – Richmond Examiner

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