Question

1. what were the souths two main military strategies at the beginning of the war?○ preserve its small armies while doing enough damage to erode the unions will to fight○ blockade union ports along the mississippi river and capture border states○ mass troops in northern virginia and capture washington, d.c., to force a quick union surrender○ destroy northern railroad lines and raise an army of enslaved african american soldiers

Explanation:

The Confederacy (the South) had a defensive-focused military strategy early in the American Civil War. They aimed to protect their smaller forces while inflicting enough losses on the Union to make Northern public opinion turn against continuing the war, forcing a negotiated peace. Blockading Union ports was a Union strategy, massing troops to take DC was not their core dual strategy, and enslaved African Americans were not initially recruited by the South as soldiers in the early war.

Answer:

preserve its small armies while doing enough damage to erode the Union's will to fight