For a contemporary military leader in today’s Army problems exist, also within the leadership across the all ranks. Some may ask what relevance would the Battle of Carthage from the Civil War era have today ? The battle of Carthage was fought long ago, it involved different policies, and less significant technologies. Today’s leaders must understand the lessons learned and apply them to current operations. During the Battle of Carthage it showed that inexperience and failing to understand what type of battle to fight caused failures. During the battle Union Forces were able to escape from being killed and captured even with Governor Jackson and his men out numbering them. Governor Jackson and his inability to successfully use his forces and identifying the type of battle being fought caused these issues. Robert L. Kerby, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, authored Why the Confederacy Lost (1972). In his book, Kerby writes about the trans-Mississippi Confederacy and says that the Confederacy’s military leaders failed to …show more content…
Failure to understand operations in any war will create a war that will be fought for many years and suffer a great deal of lives lost. Others may contend that today’s military continues to refine the process and plans within current operations being fought. According to UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. By MAJ Jeremy B. Miller pg 8 says “Moreover, evaluating Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, military leaders emphasized the importance of understanding and integrating unconventional units into campaign plans to achieve operational objectives. This examination of unconventional operations in the Civil War continues to be of value on today’s battlefield”. Learning from past battles and histories equals to a recipe for success, failure to do so will cause unsatisfactory