During the Mexican-American War, the US was highly effective when using the tactical offensive against the armies of Santa Anna. This idea carried on through the 1850's. It was no surprise then, that US Civil War commanders sought the tactical offensive whenever it was possible.
Different Commanders used different Strategies for defferent engagements. Perhaps you are referring to Tactics.
The majority of American Civil War battles were fought in Virginia. In fact, almost all battles were fought in the South. The Civil War was truly a defensive war for the South and an offensive war for the North.
At the first Battle of Bull Run the Confederate commanders were PT Beauregard and Joseph A. Johnston. At the second Battle of Bull Run the top Confederate commander was General Robert E. Lee.
Early Civil War battles showed
There were several commanders or generals for the North during the Civil War. Some of the top commanders included Ulysses S. Grant, George McClellan, Robert Anderson, and George Custer.
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Napoleon and Henri Jomini along with the whole geometry of engineering science provided a wealth of information for US Civil War commanders. From these sources they devised a range of different battle formations intended to bring their troops to face the enemy in a more advantageous position.This was vital when operating on the offensive when defensive tactics were so important to the outcome of a battle.
There were 36 battles fought in the civil warNEW RESPONDENTThere were about 8,000 occasions in which hostilities occurred in the American Civil War.
The Union lost three battles of the Civil War
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There were many battles of the Civil War that were undecided with no true victor. An example of an undecided Civil War battle were the battles that occurred in the New Mexican territories and Indian territories.
Robert E. Lee said this of the death of Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson who was one of the best tactical commanders that R.E. Lee had during the American Civil War .