the union planned to seize the cotton from the Red River Valley adn then take sherevport
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The Union wanted to track down General Lee and force him to surrender.The Confederacy wanted to capture the Union Capitol of Washington D.C., capture President Lincoln, try him for war crimes, and re-confederate the states into a new union.
The Union wanted to track down General Lee and force him to surrender.The Confederacy wanted to capture the Union Capitol of Washington D.C., capture President Lincoln, try him for war crimes, and re-confederate the states into a new union.
The capture of New Orleans was a good start. It was actually the capture of Vicksburg that was the key moment - not a city, but a major river-port.
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Oil Fields
Oil Fields
Because Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy, and the seat of government.
In the course of the Union capture of Confederate Fort Donelson, the Union casualties came to 2,300 soldiers.
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When did the soviet union capture berlom
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Petersburg
The Siege and Capture of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in two.