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Despite all of the different angles, advantages, disadvantages, and elaborate strategies, winning the war would depend on who could hold out the longest, although this fact was not obvious to most strategists in 1861. Many strategists believed that a couple of big, largely bloodless battles would settle the matter and bring peace. In their view, the war, such as it was, would only last a few months, six at the most. Only a very few understood what this war actually meant and what it would cost to win. Very soon, both sides would learn hard lessons about modern war and adjust their strategies to adapt to the new circumstances they found themselves in.