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    Naval Support To Grant’s Campaign Of 1864-65: By Design Or By Coincidence?
    Naval Support To Grant’s Campaign Of 1864-65: By Design Or By Coincidence?
    Naval Support To Grant’s Campaign Of 1864-65: By Design Or By Coincidence?
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    Naval Support To Grant’s Campaign Of 1864-65: By Design Or By Coincidence?

    By Lt.-Col. Harry M. Murdock USMC

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    By 1863, the Civil War was basically a stalemate between the two belligerents. Though the Union forces had achieved some success in conducting joint expeditions that resulted in securing the Mississippi River and the majority of the Southern ports, the major land armies of the Union were generally ineffective. In March 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant was named General-in-Chief of the Union army; he designed a campaign for future operations that called for synchronized operations by the Union armies supported by the Union navy. This monograph examines the naval support to Grant’s campaign to determine whether or not the provided support was by design or just coincidence.

    The monograph initially establishes the theater of war setting that Grant inherited when he assumed the billet of General-in-Chief. This is followed by a summary of the campaign from a naval perspective. The monograph concludes with an analysis of the naval support provided to the campaign using the four components of a successful campaign espoused in Lieutenant Colonel James Dubik’s “A Guide to the Study of Operational Art and Campaign Design.”

    Based on the analysis, it is evident that the naval support was provided by design. Grant demonstrated an extraordinary ability to visualize operations in the entire theater of war. He fully understood and appreciated the usefulness of the sea dimension and exploited its use. The Union navy’s command of the seas and resourcefulness allowed Grant to maintain his freedom of action, to operate from secure bases of operation, and to destroy the South’s capacity to wage war.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGolden Springs Publishing
    Release dateNov 6, 2015
    ISBN9781786253804
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      Naval Support To Grant’s Campaign Of 1864-65 - Lt.-Col. Harry M. Murdock USMC

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      NAVAL SUPPORT TO GRANT’S CAMPAIGN OF 1864-65: BY DESIGN OR BY COINCIDENCE?

      by

      Lieutenant Colonel Harry M. Murdock, USMC

      Table Of Contents

      Contents

      Table Of Contents 4

      ABSTRACT 5

      INTRODUCTION 6

      THEATER OF WAR SETTING 8

      THE CAMPAIGN 17

      ANALYSIS 28

      Intellectual Component 28

      Psychological-Physical Component 29

      Cybernetic Component 30

      Harmonic Component 32

      CONCLUSIONS 33

      APPENDIX A 35

      APPENDIX B 36

      APPENDIX C 37

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 38

      BIBLIOGRAPHY 39

      ABSTRACT

      By 1863, the Civil War was basically a stalemate between the two belligerents. Though the Union forces had achieved some success in conducting joint expeditions that resulted in securing the Mississippi River and the majority of the Southern ports, the major land armies of the Union were generally ineffective. In March 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant was named General-in-Chief of the Union army; he designed a campaign for future operations that called for synchronized operations by the Union armies supported by the Union navy. This monograph examines the naval support to Grant’s campaign to determine whether or not the provided support was by design or just coincidence.

      The monograph initially establishes the theater of war setting that Grant inherited when he assumed the billet of General-in-Chief. This is followed by a summary of the campaign from a naval perspective. The monograph concludes with an analysis of the naval support provided to the campaign using the four components of a successful campaign espoused in Lieutenant Colonel James Dubik’s "A Guide to the Study of Operational Art and Campaign Design."

      Based on the analysis, it is evident that the naval support was provided by design. Grant demonstrated an extraordinary ability to visualize operations in the entire theater of war. He fully understood and appreciated the usefulness of the sea dimension and exploited its use. The Union navy’s command of the seas and resourcefulness allowed Grant to maintain his freedom of action, to operate from secure bases of operation, and to destroy the South’s capacity to wage war.

      INTRODUCTION

      By 1 February 1861, seven states had voted to secede from the United States. With the surrender of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on 13 April 1861, and the secession of several other states in that same month, the United States found itself divided and at war.

      As the war progressed, neither side seemed to be able to maintain an advantage. By the end of 1863, the two sides were basically locked in a stalemate. During 1863, several Union operations were conducted whose net result was to detract from the general effectiveness of the Union war effort.{1} A combined army/navy expedition had tried unsuccessfully to capture Charleston, South Carolina, managing only to damage Fort Sumter at a cost to the Union of several ships and many lives. General N. P. Banks was conducting operations in Texas to discourage Napoleon III from pursuing his Mexican operations and in order to open northern Louisiana for sugar and cotton trade. However, after suffering several defeats at the hands of the Confederacy along the Red River, Banks was forced to retreat to avoid total destruction. Meanwhile, an expedition to Florida was soundly defeated at Olustee and Union cavalry operating in Mississippi were routed

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