The Unions strategy wa sto only give supplies and food to their soldiers at the fort, because they didn't want to start fighting in the country and start a civil war.
In a general election each state has officials who count and certify votes.
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Well, Japan is a country, but it is located entirely on an archipelago - and this archipelago is called the Japanese Archipelago. So this part of the statement is correct.
It is located in the Pacific Ocean, in it's western and Norther part.
So the whole statement is correct too!