What tactics did Robert E. Lee use in the Civil War?

Answer 1

In the Battle of Fredericksburg(Dec.13, 1862) the Army of Northern Virginia(Lee) took a defensive posture. They placed themselves in protected positions(behind stone walls,in trenches,etc.). They had good placement of the artillery. When the Union Army began the attack they had to first build a pontoon bridge to cross the Rappahannock River under fire of the Confederates. Eventually, they achieved crossing in large enough numbers to launch direct attacks on the Confederate positions in the high ground beyond the town of Fredericksburg. The Confederates,being in well-protected positions,simply mowed-down the exposed Union troops in large numbers. The Commanding Union General Ambrose Burnside ordered his troops to make several such attacks,each time with great loss and without any significant harm to the Confederate forces. The Generals under Burnside finally refused to launch further futile attacks. The result of this battle was a stunning victory for the Army of Northern Virginia.

Answer 2

Robert E. Lee used battle field tactics that were based on the warfare expert from Swiss born Antoine Henri Jomini. Jomini's tactics called for a concentration of forces on interior lines. His emphisis on defense found Lee receptive as Lee was the foremost builder of defense works in the War. Lee kept that always in mind, however, he also saw the advantage of attacking in the Napoleonic fashion with divided armies and exposed flanks. By doing this Lee took calculated risks and divided his forces on numerous occasions. Lee also subdivided an already divided army to acheive the brilliant victory at Chancellorsville.

Answer 3

Lee did not divulge his strategic thinking concerning Gettysburg. It was not his most brilliant battle. In fact he was out-generaled by a man who was not considered to be in the same league with Lee. Lee was hampered by lack of intelligence. His cavalry was unable to reconnoiter enemy positions, movements, and dispositions; and he had lost the advice of his most trusted lieutenant when Jackson died after Chancellorsville. Ultimately, Lee ordered a series of futile frontal assaults against a superior force that any novice commander should have seen were doomed to failure. It was a strategic fiasco for him.

Answer 4

His hopes for key victories that would increase northern war weariness and lead to pressure on Lincoln to sue for peace.

Answer 5

Keep wrong-footing the enemy, so they have to fight where they didn't want. Then order Stonewall Jackson to make quick, bold thrusts in a mad-brave spirit that kept-up troop morale.

Answer 6

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