Nipping Away at Dixie: The Port by Port Campaign to Seal the Confederate Coast
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Conclusion. Though planned independently of current joint doctrine, the Federal operations against the Confederate coast show why modern campaign planning has been codified as it has. The coastal operations can be viewed as a related series comprising a campaign. They represented the translation of national strategy into operational concepts, the work of a present day campaign plan. For the most part, the campaigns adhered to the elements of operational design. In the elements of effects, center of gravity, decisive points, direct versus indirect, lines of operation, simultaneity and depth, and leverage, the campaigns were particularly strong. Eventually, the campaigns exceeded the limits of their operational reach which contributed to their culmination. There were also issues with timing and tempo, balance, and anticipation. Synergy proved a special challenge as various commanders struggled to achieve unity of effort. The area where the campaigns suffered the most was in the planning of sequels as part of the element of arranging operations. The coastal war was on the leading edge of the US military evolution in the areas of campaign planning and joint operations. Taken as a whole, especially when one considers the absence of modern day joint doctrine and organization, the results were outstanding. Without knowing it, Captain Du Pont and his Navy Board were impressively expert at following the tenets of modern campaign planning. Endnotes The Coastal War and the Elements of Operational Design 1 JP 3-0, IV-3. 2 JP 3-0, IV-6. 3 JP 3-0, IV-7. 4 JP 3-0, IV-8. 5 Weddle, 161-162. 6 Weddle, 177. 7 JP 3-0, IV-8. 8 Porter, “History,” 77. 9 Browning, 66. 10 Hattaway and Jones, 157. 11 Surdam, 104. 12 JP 3-0, IV-10. 13 Carl von Clausewitz, On War, Ed. 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