Strategies and tactics had to change in order to compensate for the revolution in guns and artillery. With the creation of sleeker bullets and winding gun barrels to spin bullets came a revolution in tactics. However because of the Generals in the war and their conservative nature, the revolution in tactics came only after trial and error, costing vast amounts of casualties to both sides. The traditional tactic

Perhaps the biggest change during the Civil War was the guns and bullets created and used during the war. The most popular weapon of the North was the Springfield musket (Sumrall 1). This weapon employed all the new technologies needed for infantry (Sumrall 1). It was still hand loaded and fired only one shot at a time, however it fired the revolutionary bullet of the time called the minie ball (Sumrall 1). The barrel of the Springfield musket sent this cone shaped bullet spinning when fired allowing for greater speed and accuracy (Sumrall 1). A normal soldier could easily hit a target from up to 250 yards away using this gun (Sumrall 1). In the Revolutionary War soldiers were considered safe at distances up to 150 yards away due to the great inaccuracies of the earlier muskets and musket ammunition (Sumrall 1). The Confederate Armies used something similar to the Springfield Rifle. Because the English government didn't want to side with any one side during the war, they sold their guns through private manufacturers (Sumrall 1). One British manufacturer in Enfield, England sold over 400,000 guns to each of the two sides (Sumrall 1). The Enfield rifles were very similar to Springfields in that they used a similar gun barrel design and also fired the minie ball as ammunition (Sumrall 1). These rifles were proven to be accurate up to 800 yards away (Sumrall 1).

Military innovations created during the American Civil War have played a vital role in the efficiency and victory of the Union armies. New military innovations such as the creation of new guns and tactics all led to the evolution of strategy to the next level. The tactics and weapons provided the impetus for a drastic change in strategy. The finished product of all this change is strategies that are still similar in concept to today's strategy in warfare. The Industrial capability, supply movement and superior manpower were all just pieces that contributed to the main strategy of the North. This deadly combination of factors the North held over the south, although struggled at first, proved to be too much to handle. The Union's strengths were the enemy's weaknesses.

The Union's strategy in general was just too advanced for the Confederacy to handle. All the South had to do was defend, if they could just "not lose" they would have technically won. The Union strategy made it almost impossible for the South to defend against them (Jones 56). The Unions transportation systems was just so good and the Confederates was so primitive that even though the South had shorter supply routes the Union would still get their supplies faster (Jones 126). The fast supply of food and soldiers to key places sped up the Union advance, combined with Sherman's Total War strategy, every inch of ground taken by the Union troops was just a little more crippling to the Southern military, made the Union war machine unstoppable. Sherman's advance through the south proved devastating, as it was an ingenious strategy (Jones 56). His force of about 20,000 men was considered mobile and fast, they never stayed in one spot to long and they never occupied enemy ground. Sherman allowed the South to supply him with what he needed. Food, animals, clothing, everything he needed he took and burned the rest. He destroyed the railroads, burned cities and factories to the ground. In the end, the only thing Sherman's army lacked was new uniforms; everything else they had an abundance of because they stole all they needed from the places they raided (Jones 138).

Grant was the other half of the two piece strategy used by the Union. Grant commanded the larger armies and was primarily responsible for attacking the Confederates directly (Jones 187). However Grant employed some very useful strategies of his own to tip the advantage in his favor. Grant used waterways and canals to move supplies and surprise attack strategic locations, which made the spectrum of land open to attack too b

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