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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.
Lincoln's appeal for volunteer Union troops after the surrender of Fort Sumter.
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The Confederacy did b/c they called for a draft for the army and placed high taxes and tariffs on stuff to raise money for the new government and to help fight the war.
The Confederacy
One advantage that the Confederacy had in the war was its talented military leaders.
The leaders of the Confederacy believed that the Union states were the enemy. This belief was largely influenced by the slave trade.
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*
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Overall leaders were Lt. Gen. Irwin McDowell for the Union and Gens. Joseph Johnston and Pierre G.T. Beauregard for the Confederacy.
There many military officers who resigned their US military commissions to become commanders in the Confederacy. Certainly the most prominent ones were Robert E. Lee and Albert S. Johnston.
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Control of all military bases in its territory
Control of all military bases in its territory
The Union began having battlefield successes against the Confederacy. Major Union victories at Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg led Union leaders to believe that the Confederacy would soon have to surrender.
Seizing Fort Sumter from the Union Army
Confederacy : President Jefferson Davis, Leading General: Robert E Lee. Union: President Abraham Lincoln, Leading General: Ulysses S Grant. I LIKE PONIES