The multiple objectives of the second invasion of the Union by Confederate General Lee was to expand his territory.
In February of 1862, Confederate General Henry Sibely marched north from Texas for the purpose of invading New Mexico. He win a narrow victory of Union troops and continued his invasion.
During the Confederate invasion of Maryland which led to Battle of Antietam: Major General George Brinton McClellan. During the Battle of Fredericksburg - Major General Ambrose Burnside. During the Battle of Chancellorsville : Major General Joseph Hooker. During the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania and the Battle of Gettysburg: Major General George Meade. During the Overland Campaign up to Appomattox,: Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
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Stonewall Jackson was a Confederate General.
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In June of 1862, General PT Beauregard was replaced by General Braxton Bragg as the new commander of the Army of Mississippi. Bragg then formulated plans for a future invasion into the Border State of Kentucky.
Confederate General Albert S. Johnston was given a difficult task by Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Johnston was to defend the West however, this area contained three rivers that the Union could use for invasion purposes. The land problem was that Johnston had to defend along the Louisville and Nashville railway line.
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· Alexander Stephens (Vice President of the Confederate States of America) · Braxton Bragg (Confederate General) · Cadwallader Washburn (Union General) · Davis, Jefferson (Confederate President) · Edward M. Stanton (Union Secretary of War) · Forest, General Nathan Bedford (Confederate General) · General George McClellan (Union General) · Hannibal Hamlin (Lincoln's Vice President during the war) · Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" (Confederate General) · Kane, Thomas (Union General) · Lee, Robert E. (Confederate General) · Mallory, Stephen R. (Confederate Secretary of the Navy) · Philip Kearny (Union General) · Quantrill, Confederate Captain William · Richard Taylor (Confederate General) · Stuart, James Ewell Brown "Jeb" (Confederate General) · Taliaferro, William B. (Confederate General) · Ulysses S. Grant (Union General) · Van Cleve, Horatio (Union General) · Wadsworth, James S. (Union General) · Zook, Samuel (Union General)
General Grant saw Confederate Fort Fisher as a key target for the Union. He believed that by taking control of this fort, Union troops from there could assist General Sherman's invasion of the Carolinas.