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With war clouds hanging heavy over Washington in early April 1861 and the budding Confederate States of America a reality, Union General-in-Chief Winfield Scott developed a plan for the execution of the onrushing war. Scott's concept, later dubbed the Anaconda Plan, consisted of the blockade of the Southern seaports and control of the Mississippi River. This, he believed, would strangle the South by preventing it from exporting its crops for currency, preclude its receiving needed supplies and
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On July 21, 1861, 35,000 Union troops led by Brigadier General Irvin McDowell faced off against more than 20,000 Confederates under Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard near a railroad junction at Manassas, Virginia, 25 miles from Washington, D.C.
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Once again suffers defeat.
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Campaign map showing the general movements of the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac during the Seven Days Battles in the summer of 1862 outside of Richmond, Virginia.
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Virginia confedence losses = 5309
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Gen. Hooker defeted union wins. Gen. Lee
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confederates defeated war turns against south.
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decisive confederate victory-union army trapped in Tenn.
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Union troops avenge their previous defeat.
