The strategy used in the south at the end of the Civil War was called what?

Only after four years of fighting did the North prevail. By 1863, the conflict had become not only a war to save the Union, but also a war to end slavery in the United States. Beginning in 1861 and continuing until 1865, the United States engaged in a brutal Civil War that claimed the lives of over 600,000 soldiers. The Union, led by President Lincoln, was unwilling to accept the departure of these states and committed itself to restoring the country. The threat posed by the Republican victory in the election of 1860 spurred eleven southern states to leave the Union to form the Confederate States of America, a new republic dedicated to maintaining and expanding slavery. Meanwhile, southern leaders suspected that Republican abolitionists would employ the violent tactics of John Brown to deprive southerners of their slave property. The Republican Party committed itself to keeping slavery out of the territories as the country expanded westward, a position that shocked southern sensibilities. Indeed, the Republican president-elect appeared to be their worst nightmare. With Lincoln’s election, they prepared to make good on their threats. Throughout the tumultuous 1850s, the Fire-Eaters of the southern states had been threatening to leave the Union. The 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln was a turning point for the United States. (credit “1865”: modification of work by “Alaskan Dude”/Wikimedia Commons)

The strategy used in the south at the end of the Civil War was called what?