The south didn't win the Civil War. It was the North (The Union) who beat the South (The Confederacy)
Shock and Awe
Basically, Defend the Capitol
Shock and Awe
It was Called The Anaconda Plan
To starve the south of resources to the point of surrender.
The souths plan to win the war was to repel the attacks instead of invading the North.
Win.
Lee realized he wasnt going to win the civil war when he lost the battle of gettysburg. In this battle, he realized that his strategy of splitting the army in half and attacking from different sides was not working and lee had no other strategy. Once the north won this battle, it gave them confidence and they pushed into the south and finally defeated the south.
to win
well the unions plan was know as the anaconda plan. the idea was to "constrict" the south by their three way plan
The main southern strategy was to defeat the attacking Union forces and force the northern states to negotiate.Later in the war, a slightly altered strategy was to take a major northern city (Washington, Baltimore, or even Philadelphia) to force the north to negotiate terms favorable to the south. This led to the Battle of Gettysburg.After the losses at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the south had no real strategy for victory. The strategy seems to have turned to inflicting as much cost on the Yankees as possible.
to get European nations to join them(England inparticular)also to fight a defensive war.the top is a summation of what you need to know but this has a more indepth answer of what i think you are searching for...http://www.sonofthesouth.net/civil-war-pictures/strategy.htm