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Finding a way to attack Vicksburg - almost impregnable on high cliffs manned by heavy artillery.

Opting to end the system of prisoner exchange, so that the Confederates would run out of men first, even though it would cause untold suffering to Union prisoners held in overcrowded Southern camps.

Settling for 'total war', wrecking farms and railroads, attacking the civilian infrastructure that supported the enemy in the field.

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