ARMY OCS MILITARY HISTORY EXAM 2 2026
QUESTION COLLECTION BATTLE ANALYSIS
AND DOCTRINE MODULE SOLVED ITEMS AND
RESPONSE KEY
◉ Hardee's Tactics. Answer: - Civil War Era
- infantry tactics of the day were based on Hardee's Rifle and Light
Infantry Tactics
- based on the latest French Army styles that tried to account for the
new weapons like rifled muskets
- more emphasis was upon skirmishers to provide some flexibility
- manuals still mostly focused on large regiment sized units using
linear tactics
- decreased vulnerability time, increased shock effect, by using
double quick time
- attempt to overstress the opposing line
- cumbersome inflexible formations and difficult to quickly adjust
formations
◉ Minie Ball. Answer: - Civil War Era
- ammunition used in the rifle musket
- minie ball range was 400-600 yards
,- still a slow reload time
- ball expands at pull to effectively use rifling in barrel
◉ Offensive-Defensive. Answer: - vaguely outlined by Confederate
President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Robert E. Lee
- Desire to avoid long and costly war by convincing North to quit
through specific war aims by either:
- attack union advances into the south at an opportune time/place to
achieve decisive battlefield win OR
- launch an opportunistic raid into Northern territory to demoralize
Northerners
- get war out of the South, to achieve big battlefield win
- gain foreign support
◉ Anaconda Plan. Answer: - Civil War: Early
- General Winfield Scott's sea oriented plan
aimed at...
- blockading Confederate Sea Ports
- seizing control of the Mississippi River to induce inevitable
collapse of the isolated and bisected Confederacy
- Plan ridiculed at first. Plan envisions a long war
- Navy was not big enough early in the war to make this plan
effective
,- as Navy grows, efficacy of plan improves greatly
◉ Ulysses S. Grant. Answer: - General for the Union during the Civil
War
- takes Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in 1862
- Effectively used principles of Maneuver and Combined Arms during
Vicksburg Campaign through use of Navy and Ground Forces.
- used principles of economy of force by not attacking at once and
instead creating a solid plan
- flexibility through use of combined arms with Navy
- used principle of Mass later in the war because he knew he could
sustain losses
◉ Battle of Shiloh. Answer: - Civil War
- General Ulysses S. Grant in command of Union
- General Sidney Johnston led Confederates
- noisy and confused Confederate soldiers surprised Union soldiers
at Shiloh Church
- Union, over confident, violated principle of security
- strong perimeter and reinforcements allowed Grant to repel
confederate attacks
- Union won battle but political backlash ensued do to high casualty
losses
- leadership and collected presence enable Grant to win
, - training vs principle of simplicty
- costliest battle in America up to that point
◉ Bragg's Kentucky Campaign. Answer: - Civil War
- General Bragg, confederate commander, used principle of economy
of force in Mississippi
- massed forces for offensive-defensive action in Kentucky
- wanted to liberate Kentucky since most confederate leaders
believed it was a Rebel state
- not as many confederate sympathizers as first believed
- battle with Buell's Union forces lost
- Bragg believed his Lines of Communication, LOC, were to weak
- retreated back to Tennessee
◉ George McClellan. Answer: - First Major General for Union in the
Civil War
- indecisive but great with logistics and raising morale of troops
- Lee took advantage of McClellan's indeciveness several times
- bad at offensive
- General at Seven Days and Antietam
◉ Robert E. Lee. Answer: - Mastermind of the South in the Civil War
QUESTION COLLECTION BATTLE ANALYSIS
AND DOCTRINE MODULE SOLVED ITEMS AND
RESPONSE KEY
◉ Hardee's Tactics. Answer: - Civil War Era
- infantry tactics of the day were based on Hardee's Rifle and Light
Infantry Tactics
- based on the latest French Army styles that tried to account for the
new weapons like rifled muskets
- more emphasis was upon skirmishers to provide some flexibility
- manuals still mostly focused on large regiment sized units using
linear tactics
- decreased vulnerability time, increased shock effect, by using
double quick time
- attempt to overstress the opposing line
- cumbersome inflexible formations and difficult to quickly adjust
formations
◉ Minie Ball. Answer: - Civil War Era
- ammunition used in the rifle musket
- minie ball range was 400-600 yards
,- still a slow reload time
- ball expands at pull to effectively use rifling in barrel
◉ Offensive-Defensive. Answer: - vaguely outlined by Confederate
President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Robert E. Lee
- Desire to avoid long and costly war by convincing North to quit
through specific war aims by either:
- attack union advances into the south at an opportune time/place to
achieve decisive battlefield win OR
- launch an opportunistic raid into Northern territory to demoralize
Northerners
- get war out of the South, to achieve big battlefield win
- gain foreign support
◉ Anaconda Plan. Answer: - Civil War: Early
- General Winfield Scott's sea oriented plan
aimed at...
- blockading Confederate Sea Ports
- seizing control of the Mississippi River to induce inevitable
collapse of the isolated and bisected Confederacy
- Plan ridiculed at first. Plan envisions a long war
- Navy was not big enough early in the war to make this plan
effective
,- as Navy grows, efficacy of plan improves greatly
◉ Ulysses S. Grant. Answer: - General for the Union during the Civil
War
- takes Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in 1862
- Effectively used principles of Maneuver and Combined Arms during
Vicksburg Campaign through use of Navy and Ground Forces.
- used principles of economy of force by not attacking at once and
instead creating a solid plan
- flexibility through use of combined arms with Navy
- used principle of Mass later in the war because he knew he could
sustain losses
◉ Battle of Shiloh. Answer: - Civil War
- General Ulysses S. Grant in command of Union
- General Sidney Johnston led Confederates
- noisy and confused Confederate soldiers surprised Union soldiers
at Shiloh Church
- Union, over confident, violated principle of security
- strong perimeter and reinforcements allowed Grant to repel
confederate attacks
- Union won battle but political backlash ensued do to high casualty
losses
- leadership and collected presence enable Grant to win
, - training vs principle of simplicty
- costliest battle in America up to that point
◉ Bragg's Kentucky Campaign. Answer: - Civil War
- General Bragg, confederate commander, used principle of economy
of force in Mississippi
- massed forces for offensive-defensive action in Kentucky
- wanted to liberate Kentucky since most confederate leaders
believed it was a Rebel state
- not as many confederate sympathizers as first believed
- battle with Buell's Union forces lost
- Bragg believed his Lines of Communication, LOC, were to weak
- retreated back to Tennessee
◉ George McClellan. Answer: - First Major General for Union in the
Civil War
- indecisive but great with logistics and raising morale of troops
- Lee took advantage of McClellan's indeciveness several times
- bad at offensive
- General at Seven Days and Antietam
◉ Robert E. Lee. Answer: - Mastermind of the South in the Civil War
