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The first plans to secure the Confederacy had two major defects. President Jefferson Davis supported the idea of placing troops on the perimeter of the Confederate borders. This left the South weak almost everywhere as the South simply did not have enough troops to effectively defend the entire all of the South's borders. Davis made an additional error by establishing what can be termed a departmental system. The purpose of this was to create self supporting areas to carry out the defense of the South. This policy created a situation whereby the effective coordination of Confederate troops was more difficult. With military areas under a sort of separate responsibilities, this caused confusion.

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The initial military strategy of the Confederacy was ineffective due to overconfidence.

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