After the Battle of Gettysburg, won by Union General George Meade and the Army of the Potomac, Lee retreated to Virginia. US Grant was working under General in Chief Henry W. Halleck. Grant had just captured Vicksburg and was awaiting instructions from Halleck.
Attrition. Keeping Lee pinned-down and letting him run out of manpower. (It was not immediately after Gettysburg. Grant did not occupy the top job till March 1864.)
They did not possess enough resources to stay the course of their defensive strategy.
Attrition. After he ended the system of prisoner-exchange, the Confederates were bound to run out of manpower before the Union did.
They fought small skirmishes, at night, and in the jungle.
After Federal troops gained command of the high ground on the hilltops, their strategy consisted of sitting tight and making the the Southern troops attack them.
Attrition. After he ended the system of prisoner-exchange, the Confederates were bound to run out of manpower before the Union did.
Attrition. Keeping Lee pinned-down and letting him run out of manpower. (It was not immediately after Gettysburg. Grant did not occupy the top job till March 1864.)
Attrition. Keeping Lee pinned-down and letting him run out of manpower. (It was not immediately after Gettysburg. Grant did not occupy the top job till March 1864.)
Total War
Grant was in the West at the time of Gettysburg, and did not get promoted to the top job till March 1864. His strategy was to concentrate on the two main Confederate armies - himself to go for Lee (Army of Northern Virginia), and Sherman to go for Joe Johnston (Army of Tennessee). Grant did eventually take Lee's surrender. Sherman did not succeed in destroying the Army of Tennessee, but his alternative plan - crossing Georgia and the Carolinas almost unopposed - did speed the end of hostilities.
They did not possess enough resources to stay the course of their defensive strategy.
The john for you
squzeeze it
their plan was to simply outlast the north
Divide and conquer
Anaconda plan
Narrowed down to the basics, each side had a grand strategy. For the North, they had to use their military power to crush the rebellion. In the South the grand strategy was to make it costly in lives and money to continue fighting the South. The Confederacy's grand strategy centered around defense.The North's based on offensive.