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What was the main risk in General US Grant's strategy against General Lee in 1864?
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General in Chief US Grant believed his Overland campaign in the Spring of 1864 would bring an end to the conflict by November of that same year. Strong resistance by Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia would prolong the war in to the Spring of the following year. The inability to win any major battles that would cripple Lee in the Overland campaign ended with the Union defeat at Cold Harbor.With Union General Butler's failure to make any noteworthy progress against General Beauregard in eastern Virginia, Grant had no choice but to settle in for a long siege at Petersburg.
The serious risk that faced Grant was that his strategy of attrition or as some historians label "exhaustion" takes time and time was not what General grant had in mind. The greatest risk in Grant's new strategy in Virginia was a political one. As military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz had written, unless a nation's populace sees clear victories, the risk of losing public support increases.
The Northern public would tolerate a large number of Union casualties provided it could see genuine progress. In this case, the progress in Virginia was not forthcoming.
President Lincoln, the press and the general public had great expectations when Grant took over as general in chief and decided to face Lee in Virginia. A long siege was not expected and for many observers, such an action had a negative effect on the North.
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Attrition. Keeping Lee pinned-down and letting him run out of manpower. (It was not immediately after Gettysburg. Grant did not occupy the top job till March 1864.)
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He planned a war of attrition-that is, to continue fighting until the south ran out of men supplies, and the will to fight
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General John Bell Hood lead his army North into Tennessee in 1864.
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The battle of Lookout mountain
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Attrition. Keeping Lee pinned-down and letting him run out of manpower. (It was not immediately after Gettysburg. Grant did not occupy the top job till March 1864.)
What terms describes general grants strategy for crushing the confederacy after the battle of Gettysburg?
Attrition. Keeping Lee pinned-down and letting him run out of manpower. (It was not immediately after Gettysburg. Grant did not occupy the top job till March 1864.)
What was grants strategy for winning the war in the summer of 1864?
He planned a war of attrition-that is, to continue fighting until the south ran out of men supplies, and the will to fight
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General. He was promoted General-in-Chief of the Union armies in March 1864. He did not become President until 1869.
Who did george mcclellan go against?
In the General Election of 1864, he ran as a Democrat against Lincoln. (He had a good chance of winning too.)
What attacks did Confederate General John Bell Hood undertake against Union General Sherman's army?
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What was general grant's strategy for winning the war in the summer of 1864?
He planned a war of attrition-that is, to continue fighting until the south ran out of men supplies, and the will to fight
Who was the lead general of the union from 1864 on?
Ulysses S. Grant - appointed General-in-Chief in March 1864.
How long was George B McClellan an Army General?
Only about two years. Then he quit to run against Lincoln in the 1864 election.
Which battle was not part of Ulysses a grants drive to the south that began in 1864?
The battle of Lookout mountain
Who was the Confederate general in Tennessee in November 1864?
General John Bell Hood lead his army North into Tennessee in 1864.
Who was Lincolns Democratic opponent in the election of 1864?
Lincoln's Democratic opponent in the election of 1864 was General George McClellan.
