The main problem was the loss of manpower. Every battle in every theatre of war removed more men from the muster rolls. The Confederacy could not replace them as easily as their northern enemy and eventually they could not replace them at all.
The Union were the northern states and the Confederate States Army were the south.
The Union armys uniforms were blue.
The Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter signed the outbreak of the American Civil War-.
The Anaconda Plan was the Union army's strategic goal in the summer of 1861.
Early victories in the West meant that the South was not able to coordinate its forces or to send reinforcements to Lee in the East, or to concentrate all the Confederate forces against one objective in either theater of operations.
Confederate and Union
The Union were the northern states and the Confederate States Army were the south.
It was a major victory for the Union and was one of General Grant's early victories.
Confederate victories were largely the result of Robert Lee and Jefferson Davis.
confederate soldier fire on union troops in fort sumter.
They surrendered
The Union armys uniforms were blue.
The Confederate troops won so many more battles in the East because the Union troops were poorly trained and poorly outfitted. Also, the Confederate troops had better generals than the Union troops had.
They surrendered
Sherman was a Union General, who had been promoted by Grant. His March to the Sea was a campaign of destruction that had the effect of starving the Confederate troops in the field.
They served as either Union soliders or confederate side
Because the union captured two confederate river sforts. These were Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. Union gun boats could now travel on the river as far as northern alabama