Civil War (12 Apr 1861 Jahr – 25 Nov 1865 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

- Confederacy only had to defend, but Union had to attack to win.
-Union had much larger population.
- Union controlled economy, factories, railroad, most farmland.
- Confederacy relied on Europe buying cotton.
- Union experienced early defeat
- UNION STRATEGY:
General Winfield Scott
- Anaconda Plan: use naval force to blockade southern ports
- Take control of the Mississippi River, divide Confederacy in two
- Train an army 500,000 strong to conquer Richmond
- Confederates did not win at Antietam, failed to get support of Great Britain

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