Peninsular Campaign (mar 10, 1862 – jul 11, 1862)

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The Union had the plan to move in on the Confederate capital, Richmond. They were defeated by the Confederate Army led by Commander Lee. After this war, the Union gained a military plan that had six components:
- slowly suffocate the South by blockading its coasts
- liberate the slaves and hence undermine the very economic foundations of the Old South
- cut the Confederacy in half by seizing control of the Mississippi River backbone
- chop the Confederacy to pieces by sending troops through Georgia and the Carolinas
- decapitate it by capturing its capital at Richmond
- try everywhere to engage the enemy's main strength and to grind it into submission

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