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Recapping Civil War
Comparing the Two Sides
Comparing the Two Sides | The Union | The Confederacy |
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Uniform Color | Blue | Grey |
Major Generals | George McClellan William Tecumseh Sherman Ulysses Grant | Robert E. Lee Nathan Bedford Forrest Stonewall Jackson |
Major Advantages | Bigger population = more soldiers Manufacturing ability Control of railroads Navy | Homefield advantage Capable soldiers Better generals |
Major Disadvantages | Foreign turf | No navy No manufacturing to keep making new equipment Smaller population Smaller army |
Major Strategies Employed | Anaconda plan → squeeze them into submission Total War → Sherman’s March to the Sea Cut them in half → Mississippi River | 1. Defend everyone uniformly 2. Defend only the cities 3. Hold out and pray for a stalemate |
Major Victories | Appomattox Courthouse Gettysburg Vicksburg Antietam (draw?) | Chancellorsville Chattanooga Bull Run |
President/Leader | Abraham Lincoln | Jefferson Davis |