How did the Union Generals act in the beginning of the Civil War?
In the early part of the [civil] war, how did the Union Generals act/react? Why was Lincoln unhappy with them?
If anyone knows the answer to this question, help would be much appreciated. Thanks! 
The first two answers are right.. the Generals couldn’t quite grasp the scale of the war and resolve of the South. Many were armchair Generals who weren’t battle-proven, as they hadn’t really seen action since the Mexican War two decades earlier, as junior officers.
The third answer is revisionist history. South Carolina seceeded in response to Lincoln’s election, because he was anti-slavery. Of course, politicians are politicians, and of course politics controlled Lincoln’s moves regarding slavery. Nonetheless the issue didn’t just develop out of thin air one day in 1863, the entire war was fought over it.
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