To invade Maryland, and bring it into the Confederacy.
To count on the North becoming war-weary and voting out Lincoln.
Blockade the Southern ports, to prevent the Confederacy importing war material in exchange for cotton.
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They called it The Anaconda Plan.
Strategy .
The Anaconda Plan was a military strategy devised by the Union during the American Civil War. It aimed to suffocate the Confederacy's economy through a naval blockade and by gaining control of the Mississippi River, effectively splitting the South in two. The plan was designed to weaken the Confederacy gradually, limiting its ability to sustain the war effort.
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The original plan was nicknmed the Anaconda, because it was aimed at a slow strangling of the Confederacy.
Because the union had more troops and cut off the confederacy from supplies using the anaconda plan.
To gain its independence, as recognised by Congress in Washington, as well as other foreign governments.