Some of the best officers of the US Army had resigned to join the Confederates.
Traditional advantage in cavalry - most young Southerners could ride and shoot
Officer class - the army was a more natural choice of career for sons of rural landowners than in the industrial North.
Rank-&-file - a more soldierlike breed, a generally aggressive kind of people
Home-ground advantage - most battles were on terrain unfamiliar to the enemy
Stronger war-mission - to defend the homeland against the invader.
Their President did not have to face an election in mid-war, as Lincoln did.
(At the beginning) Prospect of recognition and military aid from Britain and France.
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there not from the north
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Richmond, VA
potatoes
Cotton was often called the King of the South during the Civil War.
They were called Rebels during the Civil War
They were called Rebels during the Civil War
I don't believe England helped the South during the Civil War.
The Southerners farmed COTTON, the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America. ______________ But he did not lead the south into the Civil War he led them DURING the civil war.
At the time of the Civil War, the majority of people in the south (and the midwest) were farmers.
was the key general of the south during the civil war
They never had a King. During the civil war, Jefferson Davis was elected to be president after the war if the won.
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Liverpool (UK) merchants financially helped the south. And the south had a consular office in Liverpool during the civil war.
The Confederacy