What was the souths strategies for winning the civil war?

Answer 1

The South's main strategy was simply to prevent the North from gaining territory for long enough that the northern people would decide the war. could not be won, or at least would not be worth the cost of winning so that Lincoln would be forced, politically, to stop the fighting and grant Southern independence. The South also depended on European countries to help them because they gave them cotton.

Answer 2

Northern strategy during the Civil War was three-pronged. First, great effort was made to retain the four border states (Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri) in the Union. Second, Union troops were charged with protecting Washington, D.C., and taking the Southern capitol of Richmond, Virginia. Third, a distinct western military effort was made with the objective of cutting the South in two along the Mississippi River and opening up the Deep South to invasion. Throughout, Union naval forces blockaded Southern ports in a supplemental operation to the military movements just mentioned.

Answer 3

the north had a lot of strategy's during the civil war #1 the north could simply put more men and material on to the field then the south could finally get a general to realized his advantage and kept pressing his attack on the south

Answer 4

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Winfield Scott's strategy, known as The Anaconda Plan, is what eventually won the war. Scott proposed the blockade of all Southern ports, followed by the capture of the Mississippi River, isolating the states east of the Mississippi from those West of the river, preventing reinforcement and resupply from Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas, leading to the gradual starvation of Southern forces. Grant added to the plan by capturing the Cumberland and Tennessee River Valleys as well, and by sending Sherman on the famous March through Georgia, which further isolated the breadbasket states, preventing them from providing provisions for the troops fighting in Virginia. Scott and Grant understood that by removing the means by which the South could make war, the armies would become futile in the field.

Answer 5

The South's strategy in the Civil War was to defeat the Union armies and prevent them from invading and occupying the Southern states. By defeating the Union armies, the South hoped to wear down the North's will to fight and force them to sue for peace.

Answer 6

The North was going to cut off their supplies by using the Anaconda Plan. The South was going to wage a defensive war and back out the Union Soldiers. The north also planned to take over the condederate capital, so they could get as close as possible to the enemy.

Answer 7

The original strategy was to blockade the Southern ports, seal the borders, starve the Confederacy out, then drive down the Mississippi and take on their weakened armies.

This plan was ridiculed as the Anaconda Plan (contricting the life out of the enemy), at a time when everyone expected the war to be short and glorious.

In the end, the Union strategy was actually very like this.

Answer 8

The war strategies of the North during the Civil War was The Anaconda Plan. While the South, on the other hand,attacked major northern cities.

Answer 9

Control the Mississippi, capture Richmond, and split the South in half. -Rock Lee