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Better Generals - some of the best officers in the US Army had resigned to serve the Confederacy.
A stronger cavalry tradition - most young men were accustomed to the riding and shooting way of life.
A powerful mission imperative - to defend the homeland against the invader. (All the battles except Gettysburg were on Southern soil.)
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