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What were the strengths of the confederacy at the onset of the war?
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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.
Prospect of recognition and military aid from Britain and France.
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Did the confederacy lose the war or did the union win the war?
The Confederacy won the First Battle of Bull Run.
What was the opposite of the Confederacy in the US Civil War?
Union
Southerners name during the civil war?
The Confederacy
How did the confederacy raise troops for the civil war?
drafting
Did the french and English support the confederacy during the civil war?
The French and the English did not support the Confederacy during the Civil War. Instead, the countries decided to support the Union.
What was the number of US naval officers who resigned their commissions to join the Confederacy?
At the onset of the US Civil War, 322 US Naval officers resigned their commissions to take positions in the Confederacy.
What strengths and weaknesses did the Union have in the Civil war?
The Union: *Larger population *Better resources The Confederacy: *excellent military leaders *a strong fighting spirit *The Confederacy also knew the land and had the will to defend it because most of the war was fought in the South*
What was the souths greatest strength?
The Union and Confederacy had different strengths.
What was one of the greatest strengths of the Confederacy?
At the beginning of the US Civil War, one strength was the size of its territory the North had to conquer. The South as an example was larger than France.
What did not contribute to the onset of the American Civil War?
Alaska did not contribute to the onset of the American Civil War. The United states purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867, after the war ended.
During the civil war was Texas a member of the confederacy or the union?
Confederacy
What was the confederacy in the civil war 1860?
The Confederacy as a nation did not exist in 1860.
Were the confederacy the south in the civil war?
Yes. The Confederacy and the South are the same thing in the context of the War Between the States.
What opposed the confederacy in the civil war?
The Union or Federal forces opposed the Confederacy.
Who was the confederacy in the civil war?
The South.
What happened between NC and the Confederacy?
North Carolina vs. the Confederacy! The Confederacy was trying to North Carolina (NC) to stay with the Confederacy. The Union was nicest to NC so, the Confederacy could lose one of it's states or possibly see if NC could help make the Confederacy give up and let the Union win! At the end of the Civil War, the Union wins anyway!!! The Civil war lasted for six years (1860-1865). NC is still with the Confederacy after the Civil War is done with. After the Civil War, they start Reconstruction to rebuild the Union and the Confederacy!There are seven Confederacy States and twenty-one Union starts durign the Civil War!!! -Christy
Did the majority of the battles in the civil war occur in the union or confederacy?
Most in the Confederacy - by far.
