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Originally Posted by Tuna
Ah ok I see. That's not entirely the case though, while what you say is true, the only reason it was that way was becasue they were entirely unsuccessful in their attempts to take the North's territory. See Gettysburg, for example.
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I disagree. For the Union to win, what they had to do was invade southern territory and give the rebels a beating they couldn't recover from, they did this eventually but it took them 4 years to achieve it. For the Rebels to win, all they had to do was defend their territory and wear the Union down in their own territory, for this reason the majority of the battles were fought in Virginia and Tennessee, and the Mississippi river was seen as the key to war as well (rebel territory)
The Confederacy actually came so close to achieving victory and their aims on several occasions, they had consistently whipped the Union armies especially in the Eastern Theater (Virginia etc) on several occasions, but made the mistake of then invading northern territory (Pennsylvania) the Confederacy were great at fighting a defensive campaign, but not so good at fighting an offensive one which proved their undoing.
The million dollar question is, did the Union win the war or the Confederacy lose it?