What was the Union's three part plan to conquer the South?

Answer 1

The Union's plans to end the Southern rebellion were altered often and were complex at various times during the war.It is clear that the Union wished to control the Mississippi River and blockade Southern ports. This plan however did not truly effect the outcome of the war in that the Southern ports were difficult to blockade and control of the Mississippi River did not force the surrender of the Confederates.

Gaining control of the Rebel capital of Richmond was one of the first goals of the Union. That began with the First and later the Second Battle of Bull Run. Those operations failed.

The battle in between the Bull Runs was the Union disaster at Fredricksburg and at Chancellorsville.

Also, the failed Peninsula campaign did not capture Richmond. By the time Richmond was captured the war was already almost over and thus did not play a role in the war's outcome. In fact, the Union's efforts there were embarrassing to say the least.

Also the Emancipation Proclamation as a "war measure" did not affect the war's outcome.

Boiled down to three parts, it's now clear that the strategy to win the war was the following:

1. Defeat Confederate armies in the field, and not waste time on Richmond;

2. Using the overall strategy o exhaustion, hampered the needed war supplies to reach Southern armies; and

3. Destroying or controlling the South's railway system to impede its transportation of troops to deter the South's use of "interior lines" to take advantage in major battles.

Answer 2

1. capture the Mississippi river. 2.Blockade the southern ports. 3. Capture Richmond Virginia.

This was known as the Anaconda plan (because it was supposed to strangle the confederacy!)

The Anaconda plan was rejected as it would take too long. Later, certain aspects of Anaconda would be installed. Little credit was given to Winfield Scott's original Anaconda plan.

Answer 3

The Union planned to blockade Southern forts. This would cut off the South's supply of manufactured goods from Europe. Then the East would seize Richmond, Virginia, the South's capital. Afterwards the West would move in and seize control of the Mississippi River and prevent the south from using it to give the troops supply. It also would separate Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana from the other Confederate States.
Northern Plans to End the War. The Union strategy to win the war did not emerge all at once. By 1863, however, Next Sherman ordered his army to move north into South Carolina.

Answer 4

Blockading Southern ports.

Liberating the Mississippi in order to control the great waterway and isolate Confederate forces to the West of the river.

Keeping Britain and France from aiding the Confederates.

Answer 5

During the American Civil War, the Union's three-part plan to conquer the South began with a naval blockade of all Southern ports, which was intended to starve the South of war-making supplies and other needed imports. Second, the Union sought to protect its own capitol while threatening and taking the South's capitol of Richmond, Virginia. Third, the Union planned to cut the South in two by taking control of the Mississippi River, which would then open up the Deep South to invasion by Union forces.

Answer 6

The strategies employed by the North during the course of the US Civil War changed over the four years it lasted.

With that said, three particular strategies were ongoing. These included taking control of the Mississippi River, blockading important Southern ports and capturing the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.

Answer 7

1. Blockade the south 2. Gain control of the Mississippi River 3. Gain control of the Confederate capitol, Richmond, VA