How much did the military leadership of the North account for the final victory?

Question 1

Importance of Northern commander Winfield Scott’s initial plan?

Answer 1

• Required more naval resources than the North possessed in 1861.
• Envisaged a longer war than seemed politically acceptable at the time.

Question 2

Military tactics of Winfield’s successors?

Answer 2

• European military tactics –> studied at West Point military academy
• Successful in Mexican-American war
• Did not have ready-made trained army, had to build a citizen army on the basis of small regular army from pre-1861