Based on what you have learned, why would victories in the western theater have been important to the Union?

The Union was close to winning the war and needed only a few more victories.

Southern morale was low, and Union wins might have convinced the Confederates to surrender.

The Confederacy had already won the war in the east.

Union morale was low after its many losses, and victories would raise that morale.

Read these lines from "o captain! my captain! ". o the bleeding drops of red, where on the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. how does whitman use the extended metaphor to refer to lincoln’s death? a. whitman compares lincoln’s death to what the death for all the soldiers was like. b. whitman compares lincoln’s death to the loss of one of the army generals. c.whitman compares lincoln’s death to the loss of losing a family member in the war. d. whitman compares lincoln’s tragic death to a captain lying dead on the deck of his ship.