It is clear throughout the entire war that the union was the more powerful force. In the Western theater they won most of the battles. They had the same success in the naval theater. In the Eastern theater, the war was more split. The confederacy won the majority of the battles early in the war. Near the end on the war, the Union took control of the eastern theater and won the war.
The union won most of the battles in the western theater mainly because they had more troops. They consistently outnumbered the confederate troops. They consistently had a surplus of supplies which the confederacy didn't allowing them to excel in long battles. In the Battle of Vicksburg and the Chattanooga Campaign the Union outnumbered the Confederacy, forcing them to lose the battles in the end. In the naval theater, the Union also won many of the battles. Again, they had a more supplies and a better strategy than the confederacy. In the battles on Fort Donelson and Fort Henry. They won by great military decisions by Grant, a Union commander. The eastern theater was different. At the beginning of the war, the confederacy won most of the early battles. In the battles of Fairfax County and Prince William County, and the Battle of Fort Sumter, the Confederate soldiers held their positions and battled off the Union soldiers, which was their war plan. Near the end of the war, things changed. In the last battle on the war, the Appomatix Campaign, the Union were victorious. In a final confederate defeat, they slowly escaped some Union forces. The confederacy surrendered on April 9, 1865.
