Starting in mid-January to mid-February, there was interest in assaulting the Shahikot Valley in the Paktia province of Afghanistan by employing U.S. ground combat forces as part as an operation due to intelligence reports suggesting that enemy forces, which included al Qaeda and the Taliban where in the stages of reoccupying the area to regroup its forces after its sustaining defeats during the early stages of Operation Enduring Freedom. A debate between intelligence agencies on whether the enemy troops would be on the valley floor or on the hills. Well before the battle, early intelligence estimates, which drew on HUMINT and other sources, claimed that nearly 1,000 al Qaeda and Taliban forces might be present in the Shahikot Valley but then were lowered to about 200 to 300 personnel (Baranick, Binnendijk , Kuglar, 2009). They also concluded that they were mostly living in the valley’s villages, rather than deployed in the surrounding mountains and ridgelines as they thought they would be from the more tactical
The total war strategy that was used by the North to defeat the south was known as the Anaconda Plan, by General Scott. The total war was an agenda that goes beyond pitched battles between armies, it attacks a whole national infrastructure, including towns, and villages. It started with a complete blockade of the Confederate coast, with the objective of preventing the export of cotton, and the import of munitions and other supplies. It was closed out by forces waging a burnt earth policy towards the south, destroying railroads, burning towns and crops in an attempt to cripple the south economically.
Vicksburg was a critical battle to both the Union and the Confederates because of whom would have the right of the Mississippi River. If the Union won the battle, they would regain control of the Mississippi River; thus, opening vital avenue of commerce that had been closed since secession and denied by Confederate Army since they trained by the river. Furthermore, if the Union took control, they would divide the Confederate States in half, disturb the Confederacy supply route, and cut Richmond off from western half of Confederacy. Cutting of Richmond would achieve a major objective of the Anaconda Plan.
They were not able to make arms and provide for the Southern fighters. The idea of blockade proposed in the Anaconda Plan was profoundly viable and wore out the protection of the general population of the
With the raising of the Hunley, there is a renewed interest in naval actions of the Civil War, and the economic relationship with the navy is an important. The economic impact from the American naval Blockade forced shows how the evolution of strategy and technology evolved to keep an effective blockade in the attempt to strangle the Confederacy economically. At the beginning of the war, the Union navy had at its disposal 42 ships to patrol 3,000 miles of coastline. The navy, in attempt to streamline and eliminate the logistics problems from a navy unready for a war, took the first step in strategy by creating a Blockade Board in order to streamline the control of blockading the
Many military strategies of the Civil War Many military strategies of the Civil War which made it the deadliest of all American wars. During the Civil War many strategies were used by the South and North, to fight hard but the hardest will win. There are many battles, many weapons were used, along with spies and navies. There were many battles, navies were important, spies were used in the war, very much, along with many weapons, and the South won the war. There were many major battles of the Civil War, the first one was Fort Sumter, others were the First Battle of Bull Run, Shiloh, Seven days battle, Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg ("Civil War Battles”).
The war was a fight over whether to ban or allow slavery. The Confederate Lt. General Jubal Early launched a surprise attack against the Union Major General Philip Sheridan’s army across Cedar Creek.. Sheridan after losing many cannons and prisoners was able to rally his soldiers to hold a defensive line. Shenandoah Valley was the Confederates plan to threaten Washington D.C.
The Anaconda Plan was a plan created by Winfield Scott, a General for the Union, in order to take power away from the South. Scott understood that both sides wanted to gain control of the Mississippi River. If the union got control of this particular river, it would split the Confederacy in two. Due to this knowledge, he made up a plan in order to take control of the Mississippi and
The goals of each side were varied. The Confederacy’s goal was to secure themselves as an independent country where slavery would be free of suppression. The Union’s goal started as the hope to reconcile the Union, but grew into the goal of reuniting the Union as a country free of slavery. Thus, their strategies varied. The Union’s strategies were first, to keep the border states, Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky, from seceding.
The Union Army attack the Confederate Army supply routes making it difficult for them. General Hooker designed a plan to attack General Lee forces and have them retreat. The Union plan was sneak up on the opposite side of where is unite was engaging were engaging the Confederate Army. The Union was hoping that engagement would keep the leadership of Confederate focus on one location. Gen Hook felt his plan was perfect.
Braggs plan was to attack the Confederates right side of troops and begin toward the south to get Union troops away from Chattanooga. Union reinforcements began to help and pushed back the Southerners, even though Confederates were still attacking. Union soldiers stayed alive, bloodily and protected the rest from attacks by Polk’s troops. Mid-day of September 20, Rosecrans assumed that Union troops created a divide and moved the Confederates out of position.
President Jefferson Davis chose the offensive-defensive strategy . With that being said the anaconda plan was very effective to the confederates. Which leads us to the Sherman’s march. Sherman march was very destructive it
Lincoln’s plan was to bring the nation together and stop the fighting. Along with Lincoln there were other great commanders by his side. General McDowell led the second battle of the Civil War making the North realize this wasn’t going to be an easy battle to win. General Grant led the Union to a victory and the capture of the first Confederate capital. General Sherman led the Union to another victory and ended the Confederacy control on the Mississippi Valley.
The strategy for the Union was thought of by Lincoln and his advisors. Lincoln's strategy was a four step plan and the first step was to negotiate with the border states, which included Maryland. The second step was to create a blockade on all the southern ports, therefore stopping the Confederates from being able to trade with Europe. Next, the goal was to capture the strongholds, which was the Mississippi River, and isolate the Southern states from the Eastern ones. The last step was to advance to the Confederate heartland, which was Richmond,
The development of the food industry throughout the 20th century has captured the attention of many as fast food has become the new fad diet concerning nutritionist. Until recent times, Americans and others around the world have not been concerned with the origin of their food and what its impact could have on their everyday lives. This concern for diet didn’t become relevant until the early 1970s (Pollen 2010). When I interviewed Christine Cuthrell, my mother, who was in her teens during the 1980s remembers how many people were beginning to shift away from eating at home with their families every night. This shift didn’t take place in the Cuthrell family until she was out of school and busy working everyday.
