Question

The Union was more likely to win a war of attrition because:

• A. It had a larger pool of available reinforcements and could resupply its troops
• B. The Confederates had not been able to march farther north than Maryland
• C. The Confederate officers did not know how to fight a war of attrition
• D. African Americans fought only on the Union side
• E. Its military leaders had no command of strategy and tactics

Answer 1

The correct option is A It had a larger pool of available reinforcements and could resupply its troops

The Union was more likely to win a war of attrition because it had a larger pool of available reinforcements and could resupply its troops. A war of attrition is war fought without quarter to exhaust the troops, supplies and resources of the enemy. The South had far fewer of those thing to begin with and so was more likely to lose a war of attrition.