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What was the Union's strategy when it was decided that a siege of Richmond needed to be delayed?
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When the point came where President Lincoln and General in Chief Henry W. Halleck decided to abort any siege on Richmond, they came up with a new strategy for handling operations in Virginia. The decision was made to use the Army of the Potomac to keep Lee's army well away from Washington DC. Then, be in position to attack Lee's army when and if it made a tactical error. In the meantime, the Western Theater would occupy their offensive operations against the South.
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The goal of unions general mcdowells first march was to take over?
Richmond, Virginia
What was the Unions strategy in the Civil war called?
The Anaconda Plan
What was unions strategy?
The Unions strategy was to make a naval barricade around the south to prevent them from recieving any supplies, eventually the Confederates would run out of neccesities and surrender.(The Anaconda Method)
Nickname for the Unions strategy during Civil War?
Anaconda Plan
What strategy did the confederates use to beat the unions in the civil war?
the union won the civil war !
Why did the northerers leader considere the cature of Richmond to be so important to the unions war efforts?
It was the southerners (confederate's) capital. Weapons, strong army, people.
The Unions goal in the Peninsular Campaign in March 1862?
The Union began the Peninsular Campaign in March 1862. General-in-Chief McClellan moved his Army of the Potomac from Washington down the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay to the peninsula south of the Confederate Capital of Richmond, Virginia, before advancing toward Richmond. McClellan planned a giant amphibious operation to capture Yorktown before moving on Richmond from the south. However, the Confederate Merrimack blocked the water route up the James River to Richmond, so McClellan decided to advance up the peninsula between the York and James rivers. By early April 1862 McClellan's forces had been transported by sea to the south end of the peninsula and were ready to take Yorktown. The Confederates had fewer troops than the North so they needed a diversion to keep the Union soldiers from taking Richmond. to capture Richmond, Virgina
What was the unions battle stratagy during the battle of Gettysburg?
The strategy was to hold the high ground and make the rebels attack them by cutting off their line of march.
How was the strategy used by the union win the war?
well the unions plan was know as the anaconda plan. the idea was to "constrict" the south by their three way plan
What was the capital of the Confederacy during the US Civil War?
Montgomery, Alabama was the capital of the Confederate States of America from February 4 until May 29, 1861. The confederate capital moved to Richmond, Virginia in May 1861. The Confederate government moved to Danville, Virginia in 1865 as Richmond fell to the Federal army.
What is the commonly accepted definition of the term called strategy in a war?
Many if not most military analysts and historians refer to the military term of strategy which is broad in scope. Strategy is tied into both the military plans along with to the ideas about a nation's political objectives for which a war is being fought. In the US Civil War, as an example, the way to reach the Unions political goals was to formulate a successful military strategy.
What we're the two types of unions formed by American workers?
craft unions and industrial unions
