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Civil War Paper

In the Civil War the military strategies for the North were very good in some situations and not so great in others. At the start of the war, General Winfield Scott proposed the "Anaconda Plan" to defeat the South by imposing a blockade, opening up the Mississippi River and capturing the Confederacy's capital, Richmond (Robotham). Although these events did have an important role in the eventual Union victory, they did not threaten the South's heartland.
The North fared much better in the first year of the war, because it had maintained control over the Border States. The Border States were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. Keeping these States in the union was a critical part of the North's plan if they wanted to win the war (Robotham). In the begging of the Civil War President Lincoln was very careful not to rub these states the wrong way, because he knew if he did not have these states on his side he would have no chance in winning the war and preserving the Union.......


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