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They felt more soldierlike, closer to the the riding and shooting way of life. Also, some of the best officers in the US Army had resigned to join the Confederates.

They assumed that their massive cotton exports could be exchanged for weapons on the European market.

They had the further advantage that it was up to the North to do the invading. The South had only to defend its homeland - which was a simple and emotive war-aim.

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