The overall and goal of the Confederacy during the US Civil War was to win enough battles that would make the North cease in its efforts to end the Southern rebellion. The prevailing idea was that if the Union lost a large number of troops, there would be a natural tendency to cease its offensive operations against the Rebels.
to bring the southern states to the union
to bring the southern states to the union
restoring southern representation in congress
The goal of the North was at first to bring the Southern states back into the Union. later on Lincoln said in the Emancipation Proclamation that he would free all Southern slaves if the Union won the war
to keep slavery
The goal of the North was to reunite the northern and southern states and preserve the union.
His primary goal was to keep the United States from splitting apart - in other words, to keep the union together.
Keep South from Seceding
The goal of the North was at first to bring the Southern states back into the Union. Also they wanted to stop slavery.
There main goal in the beginning was not to end slavery but to reunite as one country.
A few goals of the north/union to gain control of were the Mississipi river, blockade the Confederate's seaports, and seize Richmond, the Confederate's capital.
Abraham Lincoln was president at the time of the US Civil War. His goal was to end the Southern rebellion. He was a Unionist and not a Confederate.