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In 1864, Ulysses S. Grant assumed command of the Union Armies, shifting the Union’s military strategy and leading to some key victories. But the Union also faced setbacks in this phase of the war. In this discussion you will discuss the Union’s strategies in 1864 as well as their successes and failures.
Consider the following in a post of at least 550 words:
• How was the Union military strategy in 1864 successful and unsuccessful in the eastern and western theaters of the war?
The military strategy of Ulysses S. Grant and the leadership of President Lincoln are widely credited for the success of the Union Army during the Civil War. But Grant’s strategy at the time was not viewed as an uncomplicated success, despite some eventual, notable victories over his Confederate opponents. According to Brooks (2017), before the promotion of Grant, Lincoln was extremely frustrated by the tactics deployed by his generals. He thought that the Union should take advantage of its superior numbers and overwhelm the Confederate forces. The Confederacy was then engaging the Union through a series of more limited skirmishes, and attempting to take advantage of its greater knowledge of the land on which the battles were being fought. Lincoln himself had little military experience but stressed the need to press the Confederacy at multiple, rather than single points of attack (Brooks, 2017).
Grant decided that the best defense was a strong offense, and resolved to engage the Confederacy offensively throughout (Brooks, 2017). Although this may seem like an obvious plan in retrospect, it was not at the time. Previous Union generals...…lack of military knowledge or experience in Grant’s memoirs.
Not only were the defeats in 1864 heavy losses in terms of casualties at a time in which morale was flagging, but they occurred around the time of Lincoln’s election. Had the tide not successfully been reversed, it could have cost Lincoln the election, and, in the point of view of many historians, resulted in a defeat of the Union itself without his leadership. Fortunately, Grant was eventually able to leverage the Union’s superior numbers and also better access to critical supplies like food and armaments; Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of slaves in the Confederate states, which resulted in a flood of freed African-Americans to the Union side, was an example of how his political support could act as a compliment to Grant’s military leadership.
Grant supporter, George Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly, once wrote to a friend, "I think the warmest friends of Grant feel that he has failed terribly as President, but not from want of honesty or desire, but from want of tact and great ignorance...It is a political position and he knows nothing of politics and rather despises them" (Goode).. After he left office, Grant and Julia settled in New York.
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