- Blockade Southern ports; Union navy would blockade Confederate harbours.
- Control of the Mississippi River; the North had to capture the Mississippi so as to gain control of Confederate territory west of the river and divide the CSA in two.
- Capture the Southern capital of Richmond, Virginia, thus forcing the Southerners' surrender.
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The latter half of the 19th century was a turbulent century when new nations such as Germany, Italy and Japan were born, and France and Britain embarked on imperialism. In this era, the United States was in a period of high economic growth called the Kinpika era, and it was Rutherford, the 18th Pres
It is well known that the first president of the United States is George Washington, but few people know who Washington was and what life he had lived. This time, lets take a look at the life of George Washington, the father of the founding of the United States. Marriage with Martha George