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The Lever-Action Repeating Rifle and Railroads.

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Drag out the war and destroy the Union's will to fight. Defend the south instead of invading the North. Gain support from France and Britain to maintain cotton trade and economic support.

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The Anaconda Plan.

The plan was to blockade the southern ports with their navy, gain control of Mississippi river to split the confederacy in two, and get support from France and Britian.

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Missouri

Kentucky

West Virginia

Delaware

Maryland

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Ulysses S. Grant-

He was the 18th President of the United States. As Commanding General in the Union Army , Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union to victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War.

William Tecumseh Sherman-

He was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union during the Civil War, for which he received recognition for his outstanding military strategy.

George Gordon Meade-

He fought in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican American War. During the Civil War he served as a Union General rising from command of a brigade to the Army of the Potomac. He is best known for defeating Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg.

George Brinton McClellan-

He was a general for the Union army during the Civil War and the democratic presidential nominee in 1864, who later served as Governor of New Jersey.

Robert Edward Lee-

He was a soldier known for commanding the Confederates of North Virginia in the Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865.

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson-

He was a Confederate general during the Civil War, and one of the best known Confederate commanders after the confederate general, Robert E. Lee.

James Longstreet-

He was one of the foremost confederate generals of the Civil War and he served under General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse."

James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart-

He was an army officer from the state of Virginia who later became a confederate States army general during the Civil War.

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The "Stars and Bars" was adopted March 1861. It resembled the "Stars and Stripes" of the Union army's flag. For battle the used "The Battle Flag" The battle flag was often square and not rectangular. After the war they used the flag as a remembrance of the dead soldiers and of America's past mistakes.