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The plan was refereed to as the "Anaconda Plan", to cut off the Confederacy into parts to "strangle" it. The main implementations of this plan occurred by the securing of the Mississippi by Union forces and the campaigns near Chattanooga and Sherman's March To The Sea.
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What were some of the Southern strategies in the Civil War?
The South's strategy during the Civil War was to get Great Britian's support. >The South's strategy was to use the great military leaders and commanders they had in order to defeat the North. With the North having multiple advantages, the South used their strongest factor: military training.
What key strategy was used by the US against the Japanese in the Pacific in order to retake territory?
The strategy was known as island hopping.
How did the south use war of attrition?
The South in the Civil War used a war of attrition strategy by attempting to prolong the conflict and inflict heavy casualties on the Union forces. They aimed to wear down the morale and resources of the North, hoping that the cost of continuing the war would become unsustainable for the Union. The South's goal was to exhaust the will and capabilities of the North to continue fighting, in order to secure a favorable outcome for their cause.
What was Jefferson Davis' strategy in the civil war?
The Confederacy's strategy was mostly defensive. One was to harass the Union like George Washington did to the British; like the British, the Union had more soldiers and were better equipped than the Confederacy. Like the U.S. did, they also tried to ally with England and France.During the American Civil War, one of the basic (and most important) strategies of the Confederacy was to defend its territory. While perhaps appearing to be simplistic, this strategy, if accomplished, would ensure a Southern victory. By contrast, the North was compelled to take to the offensive and occupy Southern territory -- a much riskier proposition -- in order to achieve victory.
How did the Northern and Southern strategies change during the Civil War?
Gradually the North realized that it's initial strategy of dealing a crippling blow early on to the South was unrealistic and with the South's strong leadership and highly motivated armies, one could argue it was downright impossible. What the North did have was a massive superiority in men and material meaning that the North could continue the fight much longer than the South could. Eventually Northern strategy began to reflect this as Union commanders began to simply attack Southern commanders relentlessly, all the while knowing that their losses could be replaced but that the Southerners were increasingly being depleted of men and resources and even those that were left were quickly becoming exhausted with no means to replace them. Other Northern generals--especially William T. Sherman--realized that the South's greatest strength was her spirit and so they set out to attack that directly. They plundered, looted, destroyed, raped, and pillaged through Georgia and burned Atlanta to the ground in order to break Southern morale, which was already teetering on the brink after so many years of war. In another less famous though equally important slash-and-burn campaign, Northern armies destroyed the Shenandoah Valley, which had been the lifeblood of Stonewall Jackson's Army and indeed of many units of the Army of Northern Virginia. As for the Southern strategy--that was largely dependent on the individual Southern commander. Lee chose an extremely aggressive strategy in order to break the North's spirit by inflicting massive losses and giving himself and his Army of Northern Virginia an air of invincibility. In order to accomplish this, Lee primarily remained in Virginia throughout the war relying on his troops knowledge of terrain and fierce desire to protect their homes to keep his army functioning. It was when Lee left Virginia--Antietam and Gettysburg--that he suffered some serious setbacks (although Antietam was a draw, Lee still failed to achieve his objective and threaten the North directly). I would say Lee's strategy didn't change that much, which was perhaps his downfall, although given the circumstances I don't think he could have done anymore than he did. After Grant's relentless pursuit of Lee and the siege of Petersburg, Lee was simply drained of all his resources and had to capitulate.
