The Civil War Begins

Strengths of the Confederacy Army—Southern boys knew how to ride horses and use guns to hunt They also had Robert Lee as their general He didn’t support slavery, but didn’t want to betray his homeland of Virginia

Strengths of the Union Larger population Factories to make weapons and uniforms Most of the country’s railroads were located in the North to transport soldiers and supplies

Anaconda Plan Union general Winfield Scott had a plan named after the snake that squeezed its prey to death Cut off Southern ports and split the South in half at the Mississippi

A Quick War? Like the Revolutionary War, both sides assumed that the war would be over quickly Winfield Scott’s plan was unpopular Northerners thought Union army should just capture the Southern army quickly