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In 4 – 5 sentences, respond to the following:

The most difficult thing for any of the Union generals was to do was to follow this order “Follow Lee and take him down” the war after the turning point of Gettysburg became a race for which general could carry this out best.  Lets talk about the short comings why don’t we, the list of them are longer compared to the successes.  With Grant now in overall command and things seeming to have worked out in the right generals being in command for the Union this was proven wrong quickly, General Meade was equipped with almost double the amount of men of Lee and like many of times before Lee had regained his mind control over the generals of the North.  Somehow it appears that after a big victory Meade became timid, kind of like McClellan.

  Texas was a state that President Lincoln wanted under control and “bad” “the president desired a Union military presence in Texas as  a warning to France, which was in the process of setting up a puppet government in Mexico” (McPherson & Hogue, 2010).  Banks played a small part in the war in my opinion but he could have made a significant stance just like Meade did who ended up becoming a war favorite but he missed his opportunity by a poor performance and never made it out of LA.  Now that the war was looking like a 70/30 split the Union needed to get the foreign influence out to show its dominance.  This was supposed to be an in and out mission but it apparently never even began.

  Lets move over to VA, there were two generals in the backyard of Lee and here are some other things that could have ended the war early “he could have cut the railroads linking Richmond to the South, occupied Petersburg, or even smashed his way into the capital itself against the scratch force of 5,000 troops and an equal number of government clerks serving as emergency militia” (McPherson & Hogue, 2010).  If you ask me this war should have been over in this moment with the presence of the Union in VA.  Changing topography as we talked about before leaned in favor of the south most times, they were immune to the outdoors they had a better sense of navigation and even things like trenches led to lack of success such as in the wilderness which led Grant to say “I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do.  Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going to turn a double somersault, and land on our rear and on both flanks at the same time” (McPherson & Hogue, 2010).  I think after the heavy losses and failures of it led to what I call a success but then led to a failure due to lack of planning. 

  The battle of the crater is a epic moment in history it changed the way of fighting if you asked me, soldiers were unable to trenches so they came up with a plan to plant a bomb underneath and they did and blew a “crater in the earth” I googled the picture and it is quite remarkable.  Here is the downfall, lol the Union soldiers ran into the hole they created and well the Confederates broke them down like a shot gun.  This was also another beginning of a favorite part in history for me, Sherman was the man if you ask me he was about as memorable as John Brown from Atlanta to the sea he was the human plow that he eventually lead to Grant being president because of great success.  Sherman used the swing method to fight the war and it worked, it took time but it worked he was able to defeat great numbers with little loss.

  One of the coolest experiences I was able to experience in the Navy was to sail into Mobile Bay, my ship played over the loud system the famous words of Admiral Farragut “Damn the torpedoes!  Full speed ahead!” (McPherson & Hogue, 2010).  For those of you who have only read this part of history the channel up Mobile Bay is not that wide, acquiring this was huge for the plans to cut off supplies to the Confederacy which honestly is what Grant wanted all along but many failed to do so.  Once again in the war the Navy had come through for the land fighters.  I added a little youtube video that I found funny and probably how the actual show down at Mobile Bay went down. 

In 4 – 5 sentences, respond to the following:

1864 marked a change in the Union’s tactics for fighting against the Confederates.  Prior to 1864, many of the battles the Union fought were using a head on approach.  After the relief of General McClellan, General Grant began attempting to unify the Union’s attacks against the Rebels.  He devised many operations that included different units taking different paths in order to face the Rebels from all angles (McPherson & Hogue, 2010).  For the first time since the war began the Unionists began attempting to use flanking tactics to gain the upper hand. 

However, these tactics didn’t always prove to be successful.  In the east, General Lee continuously anticipated the movements of the Union and usually was able to fend off the attacks.  Also, for many different reasons, many of General Grant’s approaches didn’t come to fruition.  Once his subordinate leaders set out to reach their objectives, many usually encountered obstacles that slowed their movements down or even made it impossible to reach their goal.  Additionally, in 1864 the Union faced many catastrophic losses during the battles in 1864.  “His 1864 campaign against Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, however, produced an appalling 55,000 Union casualties…” (Pearlman, 2016).

  One benefit to the Union’s tactics, was that General Grant easily and quickly adjusted as the situations dictated.  As General Lee was continuously anticipating each movement the Union was attempting to make against the Rebels, General Grant continued to be successful at finding the areas where he would adjust his mission. 

  Furthermore, the Union proved success on the western front when they overtook Mobile Bay, finally sealing the blockade.  As a result of this the South no longer had any use for territories west of Mobile, because they were now unable to get any supplies there (McPherson & Hogue, 2010).  Interestingly, once the North sealed off the bay, they were no longer concerned with the South continuing to control Mobile.  Simply because Mobile was no threat to the North at that point.  In addition to cutting Mobile Bay off, the Union also had plans to gain control of Atlanta and crush the spirit of the Rebels (A House Divided: Northern Plans to End the War, 2016).  General Sherman successfully accomplished this mission, which in turn caused the North to have their spirits uplifted once again.

In 4-5 sentences, respond to the following:

The main political issues facing the candidates in 1864 was the end of the war, how would it end and what would be done. Would the Union be put back together or would the South remain an independent nation, would slavery be banished for good or would slaver continue on? Lincoln was falling far behind in the race for his second term in the white house, the war was long and hard and at this point it was becoming drawn out and no longer in public favor (Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Union, 2008) meaning Lincoln was looking bad in the eyes of his public. However, with the victory at Atlanta patriotism grew and the North was back in favor of winning the war making Lincoln back in the public favor for president of his second term (Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Union, 2008). I truly do believe that Lincoln’s re-election was in question. This civil war had taken this country through hell, though it was not Lincoln’s fault the war was being fought in the eyes of the nation it was because he was their commander in Chief. By 1864 every person in the United States had felt the wrath of war and in the eye of the people that is Lincoln’s fault. Had it not been for a victory of a southern strong hold at that very time, and a promising end to the war, I don’t believe Lincoln would have received enough support to win his second term. Once a president is in charge through a time of war people want change they want better and I think the same thing would have happened here had it not been for a huge victory and an end come into sight.