During the spring of 1864, Ulysses S. Grant's strategy was to:
a. wipe out the Confederate Army in a single climactic battle.
b. persuade the Confederates to accept a peaceful resolution to the war.
c. build up his army by encouraging prisoner exchanges with the Confederates.
d. fight a war of attrition that inflicted enormous casualties on both sides.
ANSWER: d
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