The Confederacy believed the Union was a tyrannical body that sought to eliminate their slave based economy, and the southern way of life. They believed it was they who were patriots involve in a revolution to preserve their liberty.
The leaders of the confederacy believed that the Union was the enemy of the south.
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They split because they wanted slavery and the union didn't. But not only because of that, but because the union attacked a place in Virgina and the confederacy took that as a sign that a war has started. So, all of the southern states except Maryland split from the union. Maryland fought with the union even though it was a southern state.
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During the US Civil War, the Union strategy necessarily differed from the Confederate strategy. While the Confederates needed only to defend their territory and key possessions, the Union needed to conduct offensive operations and take the fight to their enemy; they needed to invade successfully in order to occupy Southern strongholds and thereby force a surrender. The Confederacy was counting on the North to give up the war based on the amount of Union casualties. Also, they hoped Great Britain might intercede and call for peace talks.
According to Historians, Leeâ??s reason for invading the North in September 1862 was based on strategic, logistical and political factors. Lee wanted to surprise the Union army specifically in Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania because he believed McClellan and his Union army were weak. Leeâ??s decision was a show of force and wit against the Union army.
The Confederacy's strategy on the field was essentially defensive and based upon of the professional superiority of many of its military leaders who, especially in the early phases of the war were able, almost in the Eastern Front to repulse every attempt to permanently invade the heart of the Confederacy and capture its Capital. Furthermore they exploited the great superiority of their cavalry in raiding the Union exposed lines of communication and collecting valuable information about movements and force of the enemy armies. The Union soon became aware that the war would have been won only by the seizing of the whole Confederacy's territory and the annihilation of its armies, with all the consequences which the task would imply: great casualties, immense waste of wealth and an unknown deal of postwar problems. By means of that "fatiguing" strategy, the political and military leaders of the Confederacy aimed also to undermine the public opinion of the Union (in other word the "home front"), which was not compact as that of the South, hoping to determine a general request to negotiate a peace of compromise based upon the independence of the Confederacy from the USA. Indeed this task was not far to be reached during the last months of the war, when Grant's armies seemed unable to break through the Richmond - Petersburg line.
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The leaders of the Confederacy believed that the Union states were the enemy. This belief was largely influenced by the slave trade.
The Confederacy (the South) and the Union (the North).The commanders were General Robert Edward Lee, who was on the side of the Confederacy, the enemy, andGeneral George Gordon Meade, who was on the Union's side, or the 'good guys'.For a bit more information, the Confederacy supported slavery while the opposing army, the Union, didn't. The Union wanted a free country and wanted to outlaw slavery and the Confederacy thought differently. They supported slavery and you know what? That's the main reason why they battled.
The confederate army had better generals
During the US Civil War, the Confederacy faced the economic problem of the Union's blockades. Trade was hampered but it did continue. Two major steps were taken by the South. One was to use torpedoes to wreck ships engaged in blockading ports and rivers. Additionally, the South had small but fast ships with large canons to destroy wooden Union ships. Many of these fast blockade breakers were ironclads which helped them survive enemy canon fire.
By capturing Vicksburg and liberating the Mississippi. This gave them control of this important military highway, and isolated all enemy units ot the West of the river.
No. It only freed slaves in the rebellious states. Slaves in states that remained in the Union were not freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, and slaves in states in the Confederacy were technically freed, but since the Union didn't control most of that territory, only a relatively few slaves were actually freed immediately. (Mostly, those that had been captured by Union troops and were being held as "enemy contraband".)
They split because they wanted slavery and the union didn't. But not only because of that, but because the union attacked a place in Virgina and the confederacy took that as a sign that a war has started. So, all of the southern states except Maryland split from the union. Maryland fought with the union even though it was a southern state.
The Confederacy was able to obtain loans because it was a defacto state. This is illustrated by international law as it pertained to a blockade of foreign cargo ships attempting to dock at Southern ports. The South would have been able to gain more loans if the international community formally recognized its independence. The South had a government, a constitution and a standing army. It therefore qualified as a nation. Since Britain also bought food from the Union, it was not in her self interest to make the US an enemy. Despite that, a good number of warships were built by Britain for the South.
The confederacy, being mostly an agricultural nation, desperately needed arms and munitions. They had trade relations with the British but those were restricted by the Union's blockade. The British refused to actively participate because the confederacy supported slavery and had yet to win a decisive battle in enemy territory.
Liberating the Mississippi - gaining exclusive use of this big military highway, and isolating all Confederate forces west of the river. Attacking the civil infrastructure that supported the Confederacy - burning farms, wrecking railroads, helping to starve the enemy troops.