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__** War of Attrition **__ The Union's stratedgy for the war, was a war of attrition. Since they had more resources than the Confederacy, such as food crops, people, armies, textiles, ect. They could use this to their advantage in this style of war. They would wear down the south by continuously attacking them, causing the south losses in supplies and people. Ulysses S. Grant and everyone under his command used this style of fighting against Robert E. Lee's army and Joseph E. Johnston's armies. After Grant was promoted, Sherman took over. In May of 1864 the north and south battled for eight weeks in Georgia. The Confederacy had been fighting back defensively, but when Johnston was replaced with General John B. Hood, they started fighting offensively. They lost a large amount of soldiers due to this. Hood's Army is eventually destroyed.

Sources: http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/civilwar/civilwar.htm America Pathways to the Present