General winfield scott's strategy turned out to be the winning strategy, although it wasn't taken seriously at the time. explain why it was mocked early on in the war

Both the President Lincoln and the Union commanders wished that the war to end soon by deploying an army in Washington and invade Virginia and seize the Confederate capital of Richmond. General Scott’s Anaconda plan is for a more peaceful resolution but with lack of support the same objective was accomplished with lot of bloodshed. But the general framework of the Anaconda plan was a contributing factor which brought about the end of the Civil War.