What were some strategies used in the civil war?

Answer 1

The North followed a strategy known as the Anaconda Plan which called for the blockade of southern seaports to eliminate trade, and the capture of the river ports along the Mississippi River to prevent the transportation of troops and supplies within the Confederacy. To this was later added the doctrine of Total War, calling for the destruction of everything that contributed to the southern war effort: crops, livestock, telegraphs, railroad tracks, warehouses, factories, bridges, and tunnels. The South did not really have a coordinated strategic doctrine, just a vague idea of a War of Attrition, without a specific Fabian Policy.