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Confederate General James Longstreet called for a military operation against the North in 1863 called the Abingdon Plan. He believed that he could invade Kentucky and control the railway between Louisville and Nashville. He believed the North's position in Tennessee was weak enough for General Johnston to make an assault there and the Union would be distracted by his ( Longstreet's) army. He believed the Union would have to retreat from Tennessee. He depended on cavalry units stationed in West Virginia to help cut the supply lines to Chattanooga. The Confederate Secretary of War, Seddon, endorsed the idea. Retaking Tennessee and threatening Louisville, Ohio, combined with activity by Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, would place the North in a terrible position.After a thorough analysis by Jefferson Davis and the top brass of the South, it was determined that the plan was too risky and abandoned it, to Longstreet's disappointment.
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What Confederate General offered a plan to assault Washington DC in 1864?
Several Confederate Generals proposed ways to assault Washington DC, in order to slow down the advances of the Union army in the South. One plan was offered by Confederate General Braxton Bragg.He called upon Jefferson Davis to begin an assault on Washington DC with all available forces not required to defend key points in the South.
What general in chief of the US proposed the Anaconda Plan?
Winfield Scott
What was the Anacanda war formation that Northerners used?
The Anaconda plan was a military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War. The plan called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the South by Union land and naval forces.
General Winfield Scott anaconda plan attempted to weaken the confederate states?
Mississippi River
How would have General Grant's plan to capture Mobile Alabama prevented any western Confederate troops from reinforcing General Johnston in Georgia?
Union General US Grant had proposed in early 1864 to send a joint naval and infantry force to capture the valuable port city of Mobile Alabama. Had these plans been approved in Washington DC and the operation was a success, 25,000 Union troops could have prevented any Confederate reinforcements from reaching General Johnston.
What was the Virginia Plan proposed by Edmund Randolph?
The plan was the Virginia plan
What did the anaconda plan propose?
The Anaconda plan didn't propose anything. It was a military plan that was proposed by Winfield Scott. This was the Union;s plan to defeat the Confederacy at the beginning of the civil war and consisted of: 1) capturing Richmond, VA (the Confederate capitol) 2) training their army better 3) fighting into the deeper south 4) blockading the Confederate coast line
Who proposed the virgina plan?
Edmund Randolph proposed the Virgina Plan.
The Virginia plan proposed a congress of?
what did the Virginia plan proposed a congress composed of
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.
Who the proposed jersey plan?
William PattersonWilliam Patterson proposed the New Jersy Plan.
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