HIUS 3072 Lecture 5: The War in 1861
7 Jul 2016
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Hius 3072: military planning april-july, campaign of first bull run/manassas, struggle to control the border states, creation of west virginia. Call for 75,000 and fort sumter = enlarges the scale of what was going to have. Confederate capital moved from montgomery, alabama to richmond virginia: the most contested strip of land in this war is between richmond and washington. If you get capital, then you win strategy. Richmond: psychologically important, also the most important industrial center, it also is the largest city in the largest and most historic state. Confederates all they are trying to do is get away from the united states simply want to leave: initially, there was tension among the confederate states an attempt to corner the. Confederacy (essentially protecting state by state: defensive-offensive strategy: we will stand defensively, but will nd opportunities to counter punch and be aggressive.
