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war of attrition
It was a war of attrition.
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A war of attrition, in general, is a war with high casualities but little territorial gain. The most famous war of attrition is the conflict on the Western Front in France during World War I.
It was attritional or a 'War of Attrition' .
The ordnance needs of the Confederacy were provided by stations near the battlefield, owned by the government, to make ammunition. The South, with a minimum of industry was at a disadvantage from the North in this conflict.
It was the strategy of attrition and exhaustion that Union General US Grant pursued. The risk in this method was that it takes time to reach a definite conclusion. With Union casualties mounting to extraordinary levels, the South could benefit as the Northern public support for continuing war would begin to dissolve .
The successful Northern blockade, preventing the Confederacy from importing the war supplies it needed, having no manufacturing capacity of its own.
Strategically, General Grant was pursuing attrition rather than annihilation of the Confederacy. Based on the way the war had turned out, it was clear that the decisive battle of annihilation was not going to end the war.
The " War of Attrition" is not a war that can be won by either side. The War of Attrition is a battle strategy in which the side on the offensive, launches several non-stop advances in hopes of wearing down the enemy (causing fatigue, running out of ammo, men or supplies etc.)
During the Civil War, the north used military strategies to destroy the south. The north used the anaconda plan, the war of attrition, and total war as part of these strategies. Each of these tactics were successful for the north. The anaconda plan was a plan to establish a blockade around the confederacy. This was used so supplies from Europe were blocked on the Mississippi River, so the confederacy could not get there supplies. Next, the Union invaded the Mississippi Valley to cut the Confederacy in half so they are easier to destroy, because they are not together. The war of attrition is when neither of the sides fighting have the capability of quickly beating there opponent. The north used war of attrition affectively, because they know they have more weapons and more people than the south. If the war goes on longer the north will have more equipment than the south, so they would win the war. Finally, the north used total war. Total war is when you destroy things of your opponents until they give up. The north destroyed the all the south's equipment they could and tried to killed most of there Pac-animals, so the south had a tougher time fighting during the war. The north used total war, war of attrition, and the anaconda plan to help destroy the south. There were military strategies used during the war.
War of total attrition