TACTICS AND STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS IN WAR. The American civil war was one of the toughest and deadliest wars in American history. This was where the Confederate States of America fought for their independence. It took place from 1861 when the war broke out till April 9th 1865 when confederate commander Robert E. Lee surrendered at the McLean House in the village of Appomattox Court House. It was one of the earliest true industrial wars. Industrial knowledge was used to produce weapons in mass-production
Words: 966 - Pages: 4
Strategies and tactics make a huge difference in a battle. People have lost a battle because of their bad strategies. They always have to make new strategies and tactics. The Union and Confederates made some strategies as well during the Civil War. They used black soldiers, guerilla attacks, and started targeting civilians. Firstly, the Union or the North started using black soldier regiments such as shown in Glory when they used the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. They used black soldiers for labor
Words: 349 - Pages: 2
There were over 237 battles in the Civil War, with close to one thousand generals on each side. Although there were many generals in the Civil War, two battle for the title of greatest general, Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. These two stand out because of their success, with fighting style, military experiences before the war, and victories in battle. Lee's success at the beginning of the war helped boost the southern morale, while Grant's success down the stretch helped the north pull off the
Words: 599 - Pages: 3
The Chinese Civil War KMT vs. CCP The Chinese civil war of 1946-49, is considered one of the most brutal and bloody conflicts near the final stages of the Second World War, which took the lives of millions of soldiers and civilians. The war was fought between two parties, the Kuomintang (KMT or Nationalists) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP or Reds). The leaders of these parties respectively were Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong. The war between the KMT and CCP wasn’t a new struggle
Words: 1390 - Pages: 6
was one of the Union generals during a Civil War, known for his “total war” tactics. He began to knit the all-out war that was a prominent strategic theory in the time and carried it out. He secured the strategic town (Savannah) and supplies (the raw cotton which has been harvested) well for the northern part while destroying Georgia thoroughly and not only brought meaningless destruction - he destroyed it with a strategy in mind. On the other hand, he made war a more miserable one while the sweep
Words: 416 - Pages: 2
of 1861 to 1865, the Civil War was in full spring. Tales of brother against brother, father against son, and friends against friends were not obscure in these five long years of bloodshed that negatively impacted both sides from major war exhaustion. In this war, there were more casualties of American heritage than any other war the United States of America has been through in its fairly small timespan combined, including the Revolutionary War, WWI, WWII, and the Vietnam War. The Union and the Confederacy
Words: 781 - Pages: 4
History Prof. Timothy Orr 3 March 2015 Attack and Die Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage This was a intriguing book, the authors offer a different version of the severe loss of life suffered by the Confederacy States of American during the Civil War. The authors pull social and cultural elements together with military history to create their central thesis: the Southern military leadership failed to recognize new tactics and technological advances and willingly threw away men’s
Words: 1845 - Pages: 8
How universal are the principles of war? Many military theorists throughout history had many different concepts, strategic thoughts, and theories within a multitude of principles of war. Throughout history many strategies and tactics were utilized that made a huge impact on defending and attacking armies. Within these concepts of these theorists, nine principles of war gradually became universally used by many countries militaries that are used in the field of battle during the Cotemporary Era
Words: 1200 - Pages: 5
“Wars and warfare changed very little in response to the Atlantic Revolutions and the Industrial Revolution” In response to the Atlantic Revolutions and the Industrial Revolution, wars and warfare have changed significantly. Each revolution changed not only how war and warfare was conducted but had a remarkable impact on the character of war itself. Both of the Atlantic Revolutions and the Industrial Revolutions shaped warfare by instigating the implementation of a sense of nationalism, advanced
Words: 1562 - Pages: 7
Outcomes of the Civil War | How could the outcome of the Civil War been changed? | The Civil War was won by the Union but what would have happened if the Confederates would have won? What would have happened if the Union had won earlier? What would the outcome have been if new technologies had been implemented? These are questions that are not easy to answer. These questions demand speculation and assumptions that are not provable. The best guesses of different outcomes are all we have
Words: 1517 - Pages: 7
