The Union usually used the same tactics as the South, usually Napoleonic war tactics, fighting in formations and pushing back and forth or retreating and coming back with reinforcements to take a patch of ground. later in the war both sides used alot of trenches and cover learning to dig fortifications. Most fighting was one side attacking and the other defending.
It wasn't that unique. Francis Marion (the Swamp Fox) was successful during the American Revolutionary War; Quantrill was successful during the American Civil War (US Civil War)...as two examples. Nearly all wars have had and will continue to have some sort of "guerrilla" warfare.
The tactics general Sherman used during the civil war was to cut a path down to Florida by burning every single thing he saw. Houses, churches everything
AIM used tactics that were often confrontational and violent.
Guerrilla warfare is basically hit and run under cover, so the Vietcong during the Vietnam war used guerrilla warfare to combat American soldiers. During the US Civil War, the Rebels also used guerrilla warfare.
Many nations have used guerrilla tactics thru-out history. American colonists used it during the Revolution (Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox); Quantrill'sRaiders in the Civil War; the French resistance in WWII; US forces in the Philippines after the surrender in '42. ANY NATION that does not have the capability to combat another nation in a conventional manner; can and will often revert to guerrilla warfare. The tactic of guerrilla is nothing but "hitting someone when they're not looking." (Surprise attacks).
Tactics are the small decisions that concern a battle. Strategy is the larger plan affecting a whole war or campaign. Bad tactics for the south were frontal attacks versus entrenched troops. I feel it is their strategies that failed them (outdated Napoleonic warfare in a modern age).
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There were a few technological advancements that directly impacted warfare during the American Civil War. Two things were the railroad and the Gatling Gun.
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The South used basically the same tactics as the North. Allot of attacking and retreating in formations. Usually one side attacked a designated position on the other defended. The South did use guerrilla warfare, especially with Calvary, raiding Union supplies and food and skirmishing.
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The true potential of the rifles available during the Civil War was not used because Generals on both sides insisted on using old tactics, without tacking the ability of their weapons into account.
The South Ironclad refers to various ironclad warships used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The most famous example is the CSS Virginia, formerly known as the USS Merrimack, which participated in the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862. The South Ironclads played a significant role in changing naval warfare tactics during the Civil War.
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