Both the Union and the Confederacy had many different strategies and advantages in hopes that they could use them and win the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln would lead the Union and Jefferson Davis would act as the leader of the Confederacy. At the begging of the war, the Union was the favorite to win it all. The Union had many more weapons, soldiers, and resources than the Confederacy. The Union was also able to win the first battle of the war, the battle of Bull Run, which was another advantage for the fleet. The President of the Union, Abraham Lincoln, issued an Emancipation Proclamation which allowed slaves to be freed in places under the Confederacy’s control. This proclamation put the Confederacy at a disadvantage and the Union at yet another
