Explain how the south was finally defeated on the battlefield?

Answer 1

The disadvantages the south had which the north didn't eventually proved their undoing. The North had a huge pool of soldiers to use, whereas the south didn't. The north, which had previously engaged in prisoner exchanges stopped, because the soldiers released were the only way the south was able to replenish their troops. The Union effectively closed off all of the Confederacy's ports and railways, cutting off their supplies. The south, which had chosen to use most of its lands for cash crops, soon faced a starving populace and military.

Answer 2

The South was not defeated on the battlefield. The South was defeated economically and politically. The CS Army won nearly all of the battles, much like the US Army in Vietnam, or the British Army in the American Revolution. Grant's success at Vicksburg and Lee's failure at Gettysburg were almost the only two battles that the South lost, but they were enough. With Vicksburg, the North split the South in two, and Gettysburg ended any hope that Great Britain and France would intercede on behalf of the Confederate States. The South was behind the North in nearly every area, but they had better generals, and they won more battles.

Answer 3

The Confederacy was finally defeated after four years of battle by a number of problems. Unlike the Union, the amount of supplies produced by Southern farms could not sustain the Rebel armies. As the South lost territory to the North, the agricultural base was vastly diminished. Under General in Chief US Grant, the Union tactics were to destroy any farmlands and livestock that could be used for the Confederate armies. The South also had a problem with the Union's blockading efforts although how significant the blockade was to the outcome of the war is still debated among historians. Clearly without a blockade the South would have benefited. The other important factor that led to the Southern defeat was the lack of manpower to fill their armies vacancies. The North's overwhelming population, kept their armies on the filed despite terrible losses.