Why was burnside able to convince the lincoln administration that he could be succe
forcing a battle with lee?
burnside could be closer to richmond in two days than either half of lee's army.
burnside could get his army trained for battle, which was something mcclellan had a hard time
burnside had such a numerical advantage.
burnside was saying whatever the president wanted to hear.

kind of thinking it would be c hope this out

they had many gains 1 one freedom for slaves the major cause of the civil war is that the   north wanted freedom for slaves but the south didn; t creaitng the civil war

another gain they have is poltiical influence

poltiical influence is a big thing everywhere even now peoplle are always trying to get the head up in poltics thats what they did by giving the republicians a good name for freeing slaves