ACW: Not With A General

[Teleology]

Suppose Lincoln had not sought a general to match Lee but instead to win the war with a brilliant admiral. Was such a man available and would it even be possible to win the war with an even more effective Anaconda Plan combined with untalented Union generals hammering away at the isolated Confederacy?

 

[Ghost 88]

Suppose Lincoln had not sought a general to match Lee but instead to win the war with a brilliant admiral. Was such a man available and would it even be possible to win the war with an even more effective Anaconda Plan combined with untalented Union generals hammering away at the isolated Confederacy?

The Anaconda Plan was quite effective. If you are thinking of the U.S.Navy stopping an attemp by the Royal Navy to break it forget about it.