Blockade Confederate ports

Capture the Confederate capital (Richmond, Virginia)

Free southern slaves and have them fight for the Union

Split the Confederacy in two, cutting off their food supply.

It kept the South from getting supplies.

It kept the North from getting supplies.

It allowed for Union soldiers to sneak into the Confederacy.

It made sending ships to war impossible.

To cut off the Confederacy's ammunition and gun supply.

To root out any Confederate soldiers on the river.

To capture slaves as they tried to escape.

To cut off the Confederacy's food supply.

"We will wait for the Union to enter the South and attack them on land we know."

"We will attack the Union in the North."

"We will use our slaves to fight the war for us."

"We will cut off the Union's resources through our own blockade."

They wanted to keep cotton away from the North so they would surrender.

They wanted to keep cotton away from Europe to they would ally with them.

They wanted to sell cotton to Mexico in exchange for supplies for the war.

They wanted to use cotton to make uniforms for the war.