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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.
What else can I help you with?
Did the confederacy lose the war or did the union win the war?
The Confederacy won the First Battle of Bull Run.
Southerners name during the civil war?
The Confederacy
How did the confederacy raise troops for the civil war?
drafting
What was the opposite of the Confederacy in the US Civil War?
Union
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.
What was the confederacy in the civil war 1860?
The Confederacy as a nation did not exist in 1860.
During the civil war was Texas a member of the confederacy or the union?
Confederacy
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.
How many soldiers did the Confederacy have during the Civil War?
During the Civil War, the Confederacy had approximately 750,000 soldiers.
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.
Did the majority of the battles in the civil war occur in the union or confederacy?
Most in the Confederacy - by far.
