1. The goal was to possess all the states and to prevent the people by going with the confederate states. The southern state started to establish the confederate state as independent. Lincoln has denied in this situation. Jefferson Davis which was the president of the confederate state of America carried the lower south out of the Union. If the lower south stood still the confederacy would had remained weak. Virginia later on joined the confederate state, and they were ready to defend for their homeland. (Word Count: 104) 2. The Union had a lot of advantages in the beginning of the war. The advantages they had was the population, the population started to grow. The Union had the largest military academy in the nation, they had the standing army and the standing navy. The Union pretty much had everything such as wealth and a lot of land. The Southern advantages were that they were defending their homeland which gave them a strong reason to fight. Many of the best officers were from the south, they were very skilled. The south had more slaves and grew more cotton than the north did. (Word Count: 107) 3. The Civil War started at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. The first attack started in Fort Sumter. The battles were mostly fought in the southern territory. The northern wealth was depended by the South’s cotton. Without the southern planters purchasing the northern manufacture goods, the northern factories would not have sold all of their goods that would make their manufacture close. The Southern depended on the North with defeating the battle. What the south had to do was stay home, avoid the battles and just let the north fight. (Word Count: 102) 4. The Battle of Antietam is also known as the battle of Sharpsburg. This was also known as the bloodiest day in American history. This was a single day battle taken on September 17,