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US Grant's military strategy was built upon the Union's numerical advantages. This enabled him to mount frontal assaults. His casualties were high and his tactics was not always popular in the North.
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∙ 7y agoUS Grant believed in total war which basically means war on the enemy's will to fight and its ability to support an army. He also used Lincoln's Anaconda Plan, which was the cut the South of its trade.
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∙ 6y agoWhen US Grant was appointed to be the general in chief of the Union's armies, his strategy for bringing the conflict to a rapid end was to change the Union's overall strategy. Instead of trying to end the war by winning battles in the field, he believed that the war would not be ended with that idea alone. Grant believed that by not allowing the Rebel armies to have the supplies it required to carry on the war, the South would face defeat ans surrender. With this in mind he sought to destroy agriculture and livestock that could be used by Southern armies to fight effective battles. Historians do not call this "total war". Instead, it is deemed to be a strategy of "exhaustion" by denying the supplies the enemy required.This did not preclude, however, active military operations to engage and defeat Southern armies as needed. This clearly was more successful with General Sherman's invasion of the Deep South, but less effective against General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia in the eastern theater.
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∙ 6y agoLieutenant General US Grant planned to bring an early end to the US Civil War using multiple attacks in the vital areas in the South. When these offensives failed, Grant was forced to use siege warfare in Virginia and war by attrition anywhere it was possible. This entailed destroying possible Confederate supplies of food for example by destroying farmlands and livestock that might be used to keep the Confederate armies in the field.
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∙ 12y agoBy ending the system of prisoner exchange, knowing that the Confederates would run out of manpower first.
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Did the North at the beginning of the Civil War feel the Anaconda Plan was a viable plan?
There were mixed reviews by the North at the beginning of the Civil War that the Anaconda Plan was a viable plan. The plan was proposed by Winfield Scott, General-in-Chief.
What civil war general devised a plan to attack general hooker from all sides?
Robert E. Lee
What was the overall plan that Lieutenant General US Grant envisioned for the Overland campaign in the US Civil War?
As the new Lieutenant General, US Grant's Overland campaign had the following strategy: 1. Grant wanted the Army of the Potomac to advance along the shortest line possible across the disputed territory that separated the Rapidan River from Richmond; 2. The Army of the James River, led by General Benjamin Butler would cooperate with this movement by advancing toward Richmond from the southeast; 3. The goal of Butler was to cut between Richmond and the important rail center at Petersburg which was thirty miles to the south; 4. By doing this Grant calculated that the Army of Northern Virginia could either force Lee to retreat sixty miles to protect Richmond; 5. Or, force Lee to be the target of a pincers movement from the north and the south; 6. If General Meade tied the Confederate army down, General Butler might capture either Richmond or Petersburg; and 7. Anyone of these possibilities could have shortened the war by many months.
How did the union army find out about lee's battle plan?
General Lee had wrapped some cigars in the pages containing his plans of battle. They were lost, only to be found by General Grant's Army.
Whose plan for post-Civil War Reconstruction was the best for Southern whites?
Ulysses S. Grant had the best reconstruction plan for the southern white people. The reconstruction era took place from 1865 to 1877.
What plan did General Ulysses S. Grant have for ending the Civil war?
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When was the anaconda plan created?
The Anaconda Plan was created in 1861 when the Civil War started. The plan was put into action by Lieutenant General Winfield Scott.
How did Lieutenant General US Grant plan to prevent a Confederate threat on Washington DC in the Spring of 1864?
With Lieutenant General US Grant using his Overland campaign against the forces of General Lee, Grant wanted to insure the safety of Washington DC. Grant's plan was to have Major General Franz Siegel to join forces with Brigadier General George Crook who was advancing from West Virginia. Together, there would be 15,000 troops. Grant believed that these combined infantry forces plus a large cavalry force was enough to discourage Confederates in the Shenandoah Valley from menacing Washington DC.
How did Lieutenant General US Grant plan to hamper the Confederate interior lines capabilities?
Throughout the US Civil War, the Confederates had the ability of using their railway system to exploit their interior lines strategy. As with General in Chief George B. McClellan, Grant believed that multiple and simultaneously moving prongs would nullify the Rebels' interior lines advantage.
How did general grant plan to defeat the south?
Because he is awesome
What was Grant's plan to end civil war?
Grants plan was to give Lee's army 25,000 meals.
How did Lieutenant General US Grant plan on using General Siegel to end the supply lines to General Lee in the 1864 Overland campaign?
In the Spring of 1864, General US Grant knew he would have greater success against General Lee if Grant could damage Lee's supply lines from the Shenandoah Valley. With this in mind, he expected General Siegel to not only prevent a Confederate threat to Washington DC, but to also end the food supplies in the Shenandoah Valley that Lee was using.
How did Lieutenant General US Grant follow the Jomini prescription for dealing with lines of operations?
When Lieutenant General US Grant decided how best to deal with General Robert E. Lee in Virginia, the lines of operation prescription noted by military theorist Henri Johmini came into play. Lines of operation should be interior if the combating forces were equal or inferior to the enemy's , and exterior in the case of great numerical superiority. Grant had superiority over Lee and the exterior lines assault had every historical military chance of being successful. Grant's 118,000 troops in May of 1864, moved against the 64,000 troops of General Lee. Grant had never dealt with a general of Lee's ability and Union losses were heavy and no victory came of it as planned. Grant's concentric plan of attack using Union General Butler against Confederate General PT Beauregard failed as well. Even though Beauregard was caught by surprise and was, out numbered by Butler's 30,000 man force on the Virginia coast.
Did the North at the beginning of the Civil War feel the Anaconda Plan was a viable plan?
There were mixed reviews by the North at the beginning of the Civil War that the Anaconda Plan was a viable plan. The plan was proposed by Winfield Scott, General-in-Chief.
What civil war general devised a plan to attack general hooker from all sides?
Robert E. Lee
Who devised the unions war plan named anaconda?
Lieutenant-Gen. Winfield Scott, General in Chief of the US Army in 1861.
Was Grant's plan to end the civil war to wage total war and repeatedly attack Lee's army?
Yes- your question contains a fair summary of Grant's strategy, I think.
