1) Create two T charts - one should have all of the Union generals who served in the Eastern campaign defending Washington D.C. and trying to capture Richmond on the left side, and the the Union Generals in the western campaign, who are trying to capture the Mississippi River on the right side. When you are done, then do the same for the Confederacy. Use your vocabulary, notes, and textbook if necessary. 2) Create a timeline of events on index cards, on the computer, or on loose-leaf paper - start with the firing on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.