Please explain which part of the North the South was trying to control. No Northern aggression toward the South would have resulted in no war. That is the clear history of events.
Lees Army of Northern Virgina made it all the way north to Gettysburg PA. Seems to me he was planning on defeating the Union army, cut off Washington DC and maybe keeping heading east towards Philadelphia and then maybe on to New York and Boston. In any event had he prevailed at Gettysburg Jeff Davis would have been in a position to dictate terms to Lincoln. Sounds like a plan to control things to me Reb. And lets not forget 4/12/61 and who fired first.