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1 Northern & Southern advantages in the Civil War included Northern advantages included population, finance, manufacturing, transportation, a navy & food-crop agriculture. Southern advantages included better military leaders initially, fighting a defensive war, geography in Virginia, and perhaps, cotton. Both of these answers are correct. 2 The objectives of the individual sides in the Civil War included: The North initially wanted to reunite the union but subsequently fought to end slavery. The South wanted to establish its independence & defend the new nation. Both of the answers are correct. 3 The major theaters of operations included all EXCEPT the eastern theater between the Chesapeake & Appalachians the western theater between Appalachians & the Mississippi River the European theater between Britain & Russia the Trans-Mississippi theater west of the Mississippi River the oceanic theater with the US Navy & CS Navy 4 Winfield Scott's "Anaconda" Plan included a naval blockade of the southern seacoast splitting the Confederacy in half along the Mississippi River further fragmenting the halves of the Confederacy All of the answers are correct. 5 The key tasks of the North in the Civil War included all EXCEPT control of the Mississippi River to keep Texas beef & grain from the eastern Confederacy an offensive through middle Tennessee to cut the South's best east-west railroad incessant military activity in Virginia to destroy the Confederate's main army a naval presence in the Pacific to keep Japan from intervening a naval blockade to cut southern imports 6 Jefferson Davis' defensive strategy was based on military departments formed by geographic boundaries had four major departments: trans-Mississippi, west, SC/GA/&FLA, & Virginia had problems of interdepartmental cooperation abounding All of the answers are correct. 7 In the initial battles of 1861 Irwin McDowell led a Union Army out of Washington but was defeated at Bull Run when Joe Johnston moved from the Shenandoah Valley to reinforce Beauregard along Bull Run Creek. Nathaniel Lyon saved Missouri by capturing the pro-southern MO militia & then attacked Sterling Price at Wilson's Creek & was killed. Both of the answers are correct. 8 Lincoln's border state policy included In Delaware there was a pro-Union governor & legislature, few slaves & economic connections to Philadelphia so there were few problems. In Maryland Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, declared martial law, occupied Baltimore & arrested hundreds to keep the state in the Union. In Kentucky the citizens wanted neutrality but the Confederates invaded & the Union then sent troops to expel them. In Missouri, Lyon pushed the Confederates into a corner of the state & guerrilla warfare ensued for four years. All of the answers are correct. 9 Lincoln's first triumvirate of generals included all of the following EXCEPT George B. McClellan in the east & as Commanding General Henry Halleck in the west Don Carlos Buell in the Department of the Ohio U.S. Grant in Virginia 10 Naval bases captured to provide support for the blockading ships included all EXCEPT Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina In August 1861 Ship Island, Mississippi in September 1861 Charleston, South Carolina in June 1861 Port Royal, South Carolina in November 1861 Key West, Florida & Hampton Roads, Virginia remained in Union hands throughout the Civil War. 11 Grant's Campaigns in Tennessee included the capture with F.O.Andrew Foote of Ft. Henry on the Tennesse River in February 1862 the capture of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in February 1862 the Battle of Shiloh where GEN A.S. Johnston launched a surprise attack on Grant who rallied the army & defeated the Confederates the next day in April; 1862 All of the answers are correct. 12 Other spring 1862 Union victories included Ambrose Burnside took Roanoke Island, NC in February 1862. Quincy Gillmore took Ft. Pulaski outside Savannah, GA in April 1862. David Farragut & the USN took New Orleans after sailing past Ft. Jackson & Ft. St. Phillip in April 1862. All of the answers are correct. 13 George McClellan's campaign to take Richmond included He proposed to take Richmond by landing at Hampton Roads & moving up the peninsula between the James & York Rivers. Lincoln wanted McClellan to go after the Confederate Army rather than the city of Richmond. Stonewall Jackson's campaign in the Shenandoah Valley worried Lincoln so he refused to allow Banks & McDowell to join McClellan on the peninsula. McClellan moved slowly up the peninsula until counterattacked by Robert E. Lee & then McClellan withdrew. All of the answers are correct. 14 Lee's counterattack to save Richmond Lee took command after Joseph Johnston's wounding. Lee attacked Fitzjohn Porter's men north of the Chickahominy River. There were five battles in a week. Confederate intelligence & inadequate staff work cost the Confederates more casualties but McClellan withdrew. All of the answers are correct. 15 John Pope's campaign in Virginia included Pope's army consisted of the former commands of Banks, McDowell & Fremont. Lee moved toward Pope before McClellan evacuated the Peninsula. Lee divided his army & Jackson destroyed Pope's supply depot. Pope rashly attacked Jackson's entrenched position & was defeated by Longstreet's counterattack. All of the answers are correct. 16 At the Battle of Antietam Lee wanted to carry the war into the North to liberate MD, live off the land, inspire British intervention & foster northern war weariness. McClellan got a copy of Lee's S.O. 101 detailing the Confederate troop dispositions. McClellan attacked Lee's position between Antietam Creek piecemeal & never used all of his troops. Antietam gave Lincoln a chance to issue the Emancipation Proclamation technically freeing the slaves in the SECEDED states. All of the answers are correct. 17 Braxton Bragg's campaign in Kentucky in 1862 included It was supposed to be coordinated with Lee's invasion of MD. Edmund Kirby Smith captured Lexington & Frankfurt. Bragg & Don Carlos Buell met at Perryville. The Battle of Perryville was technically a draw but Bragg retreated out of Kentucky. All of the answers are corrected. 18 Ambrose Burnside's Fredericksburg campaign included Burnside wanted to march to Richmond. Lincoln thought Lee's army should be the main target but okayed Burnside's plan to march on Richmond. Burnside's plan went well until he had to cross the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg & delayed waiting for pontoons until Lee was entrenched above Fredericksburg. The main Union assaults went up against Mayre's Heights uselessly while Meade's assault against Jackson was not reinforced even though it represented the best Union chance to win. All of the answers are correct. 19 U.S. Grant's first attempts to take Vicksburg included Grant began an advance overland from Tennessee but was forced to retreat when Forest & Van Dorn destroy his supply base at Holly Springs. Grant ordered Sherman to take McClernard's men from Memphis & advance on Vicksburg via Chickasaw Bluffs but Sherman is stopped. Both of the answers are correct. 20 William Rosecrans' campaign in Tennessee in 1862-3 included Rosecrans replaced Buell & moved the Army of the Cumberland south from Nashville. Bragg met Rosecrans at Murfeesboro (Stone's River) & each attacked the other's right flank. Bragg retreated in January 1863. All of the answers are correct.

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