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First time round (Sept 1862) - to convince the British that the Confederacy was a winner, worth backing.
Second time round (July 1863) - to plunder the rich state of Pennsylvania for desperately-needed food and clothing.
What else can I help you with?
The Union seriously hampered the Confederate war effort?
The Union naval blockade seriously hampered the Confederate war effort
Why was the confederate effort with privateers unsuccessful?
most of them had been sunk or captured by union naval forces
Why was it so important for the confederate soldiers to regain the port of Galveston?
Because Confederate leaders realized that the war effort would suffer a serious blow if Galveston, the state's busiest seaport, remained in the union's hands.
Who was winning the civil war the most?
The Union Army was winning the civil war the most. The war finished with the surrender of the Confederate Army on April 9, 1865.
Why is the eleven southern states that succeded from the union important?
The formed the Confederate States of America, which fought the rest of the Union, and looked like winning for a time, in the summer of 1862, and again in 1864 when everyone thought Lincoln would be voted out in the election.
Why was it important for the union to blockade confederate states?
To stop aid from Europe.
How could the confederate soldiers survived?
By winning battles, so they could raid the Union ration stores and strip the boots of the dead Union troops to save them going barefoot.
Seriously hampered the Confederate war effort?
During the American Civil War, a variety of factors hampered the Confederate war effort. Perhaps the most serious was the smaller size of the South's population: Confederate armies were typically outnumbered by their Union counterparts, and replacements for battle-casualties were much harder to recruit.
Why was it so important to the union to capture forts in western Tennessee?
the confederate forts in western Tennessee were important in the union plan to defeat the south.
Was Robert E Lee in the union or confederate?
Confederate.
Why are the confederate states important during civil war?
The Civil War was a war between the Confederate States of America and the Union. So, the Confederate states were important because they were one of the two warring countries.
What did the Confederate and Union troops wear?
Confederate-Gray Union-Blue
