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welcome to the Civil War a study guide this episode will discuss the advantages and disadvantages that the North and the South had at the beginning of civil war and battle strategies of the North and the South as well as some of the important leaders on both sides of the war the northern position about the Civil War was the secession win against the Constitution their purpose for fighting was to preserve the you man and keep the country together the southern position about the war was it states had the right to secede they've use the Declaration of Independence to justify decision they fought to maintain their states rights South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Louisiana and Texas seceded from the United States they were joined by North Carolina Tennessee Arkansas and Virginia you live 11 states that seceded or left the United States to make their own country the western part of Virginia favorite staying with the Union so prevent trying to force them to secede they chose to split the state in half and make two states Virginia that seceded and is Virginia that remained a part of the Union that were right along the edge of the North and the South that are called border states they have slaves but they chose not to secede those states were Delaware Kentucky Missouri and Maryland is kind of interesting to know that the South was so certain the Missouri and Kentucky were going to secede that when they created their first flag they actually put in 13 stars and even Missouri and Kentucky never were successful at getting a vote to secede the South still kept their stars on the Confederate flag some of the important nurse of the Civil War was obviously Abraham Lincoln who was elected the president of the Union his election in 1860 is actually with spark that to secede from the union the South knew that he had run on an abolitionist platform and they were afraid of what he would do about slavery became President Ulysses S Grant was one of the primary Generals in the Civil War there were many many other generals and this is just a few of them George B McClellan Winfield Scott Irvin McDowell Joseph Hooker William to come so sure Andrew foot John Pope Ambrose Burnside George Meade and General George Armstrong Custer this is just a very small portion of the generals that were on the union side the north actually change their commanding moral about 4 times throughout the war because Lincoln was unhappy with their performance Jefferson Davis was elected the president of the Confederacy the South or Confederate States of America and the primary general for the South was Robert E Lee now Robert E Lee was a Westpoint instruct he actually taught battle strategy he therefore had a distinct advantage in the war because not only could he predict what the opposing generals would do he's the one that taught him to do it so he actually understood their thinking as well he was such a good military adjusted Abraham Lincoln actually asked him to leave the United States Army but he was from Virginia and he decided he had to stay loyal to State he was a slave owner and so therefore he chose to fight for the South some of the other generals were PGT Beauregard J Stonewall Jackson Joseph Johnston George Pickett Albert Sidney Johnston John Bell Hood JEB Stuart and James Longstreet and again these are just a few of the generals and leaders that were on both sides of the Civil War argue the preserving the union was the primary reason to fight he's recorded as saying if I could save the union without freeing any slaves I would do it and if I could save it by freeing all of the slaves I would do it and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that his main purpose in going to war was to preserve the Union you set the beginning of the Civil War the South had were the 11 states in the Confederacy they have the excellent military leader map of Robert E Lee they were fighting in their own Lance they knew the territory and he could fight a defensive war that mean they could wait until the North plane down and attack them some of the disadvantages that the South had at the beginning of the war they had nine million citizens but three and a half have them were slaves and they were not allowed to fight effectively lower the population of the South to four and a half million they had to form a government indirect no more at the same time each day wanted to keep its own rights and privileges each date also send supplies to their own troops only the South add to worry about slavery volts and the border states the South also had very poor Transportation minimal railroads and they have a distinct wreck of Industry they did not have the manufacturing capability in the factories to make more weapons ammunition clothing all the things that they would the North had advantages and disadvantages at the start of the Civil War also some of their advantages were the 22 million citizens that was for Stimson on slave population of the South strong industrial and agricultural strength they have the industry to make the weapons in the ammunition and clothing in keep people fed they have course had Abraham Lincoln's leadership there was a very strong transportation system including a very what's Road system that allowed for easy transportation of men goods and supplies as well as weapons and cannons throughout the North I also had a very strong Navy something that the South did not have disadvantages for the north were that they had people in the north who were called copper that were fighting against the war they called themselves Northerners for peace but what they actually were were Southern sympathy search who are not anxious to get rid of slavery because they were making a profit from it another disadvantage for the north was the belief that the war would only last for 90 days later on in the war by 1863 the north was having difficulty getting men to sign up and had to Institute a draft a draft being where you were tired to fight in the military whether you want to or not they're fighting was going to be an unfamiliar land they were going to have to go into the south in order to fight and most of them you're not familiar with the territory the north was extremely overconfident the northern Army was very large but it was also very poorly trained now that strategies were set at the beginning of the war for both sides the union had the strategy called the Anaconda Plan it's called Scott's Grace because it was the idea of General Winfield Scott he suggested to Lincoln that the only way to win this war was to sir on the south and squeeze them off Lincoln knew if he followed this planet method the war was going to last for a long time because this is not something that was going to happen quickly the Anaconda Plan consisted of three main parts one blockade all the southern ports that way with block all their trade with Europe they were not going I want to get any Goods in her out please control the Mississippi River which would prevent the south from using it to move troops and to resupply their troops add capture Richmond Virginia for the Confederacy their battle strategy was very simple they were simply going to fight a defensive or they were going to stay at let the north come to them and attack them and hope that they got tired of war and eventually just gave up they were also going to rely and European nations to fried them with money and supplies in exchange for their cotton and goods that they would send out the Civil War was fought in three main areas the west and the trans-mississippi at the beginning of the war of the Confederates were required to choose a new flag they couldn't keep flying the American flag Confederate flag that we all think of is actually the Battle Flag that was carried throughout the war it wasn't the official flag of the Confederate States of America size also had to choose distinctive uniforms I mean we had been the same Army so everyone have the same uniforms official uniform for the union was blue an official uniform for the South was a gray jacket with a bluish gray pant and that gives you the basic in play should you need on the advantages and disadvantages of the battle strategies of the North and the South at the beginning of the

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