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Q: What were the two Confederate armies that concerned Grant?
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Is the union army part of the confederate army?

No, they are two separate armies.


What two armies fought in the battle of Gettysberg?

Th Union and the Confederate


In an effort to demoralize the South after 1863 where did Union forces focus their attacks?

On the two main Confederate armies - the Army of Tennessee under Joe Johnston, and the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. This was the initiative of the new General-in-Chief of the Union armies, Ulysses Grant, who was not interested in occupying territory. He just wanted to destroy the enemy.


What states provided BOTH Union as well as Confederate soldiers to the armies?

Kentucky and Delaware were two.


Why did the sherman's march want to split the confederacy in two?

It didn't split the Confederacy in two. It was a punitive raid of destruction that simply helped to destroy the Southern economy and starve the Confederate armies in the field. Splitting the Confederacy in two is what Grant (and Sherman) achieved earlier in the Siege of Vicksburg, which ended with the liberation of the Mississippi.


In effort to demoralize the south after 1863 where did union forces focus their attacks?

On the two main Confederate armies - the Army of Tennessee under Joe Johnston, and the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. This was the initiative of the new General-in-Chief of the Union armies, Ulysses Grant, who was not interested in occupying territory. He just wanted to destroy the enemy.


Crucial confederate fortress on the Mississippi whose fall to grant in 1863 cut the south in two?

Chattanooga


Which crucial confederate fortress on the Mississippi whose fall to Grant in 1863 cut the south into two?

Vicksburg


What were grants two main plans to end the US Civil War?

Concentrate on putting the two main Confederate armies out of action, ending the system of prisoner-exchange, so the enemy would run out of manpower first. Attack the Southern economy by burning farms and wrecking railroads, to starve the Confederate armies in the field.


What are the two major initiatives Ulysses S. Grant brought to the union war strategy?

Ordering his Generals to concentrate on putting the two main Confederate armies out of action, rather than occupying territory or capturing cities. Ending the system of prisoner exchange, knowing that the Confederates would run out of men first.


What advantages did general Grant's armies gain for the North?

During the American Civil War, General Grant's armies secured tremendous advantages for the North through each year of the conflict. Being driven by Grant's tenacious and aggressive leadership, these armies broke the South in two with their capture of Vicksburg (Mississippi) in the Western Theater. Later, in the Eastern Theater, armies led by Grant pushed the Confederates back to the gates of Richmond and beyond, resulting in the end of the war as a whole.


Crucial Confederate fortress on the Mississppi whose fall to Grant in 1863 cut the South in two?

the Fortress of Vicksburg