North

Nicknames
Yankees

South
Rebels

Strategies

1) block all Southern ports 2) Union would take control of the Mississippi River 3) Union would capture the southern capital of Richmond, Virginia

1) Fight a defensive war. 2) Bring the enemy into southern territory that is unfamiliar to them and exhaust them.

Advantages

-Abraham Lincoln - greater population - military power -navy - industrial power - more money - more railroads - more farm land where food crops, not cash crops were grown -weak motivation, they had no cause -inexperienced officers -fighting on unfamiliar territory - believed the war would be over quickly

-experienced military officers - strong motivation were fighting to keep way of life - knew the territory -soldiers skilled with guns and horses because they lived in rural areas - weak leadership skills of Jefferson Davis - no navy - fewer men and supplies - few factories - less money - weaker government

Disadvantages