What were the Confederate advantages?

Answer 1

A) When studying the War of Northern Aggression. it has been widely accepted that the South had but few advantages. Many feel that the fact we fought in our own back yard was an edge, we knew shortcuts, strengths. That of course is true, but we must recognize that we fought here because we did not have the resources to take the fight to the enemy. Surely one sees that this advantage was quickly a terrible fault our homes, crops, factories any or all of resources would be quickly destroyed.

B) It is proven but also common sense that individuals fighting for their home, families will be a more determined foe and clearly fight harder.

C) We had better leaders especially in the military arena. The South had long had military academies, paramilitary service and men who hunted and knew how to survive in the outdoors.

D) Most importantly we believed that GOD was on our side!

God Bless You and Our Southern People.

Answer 2

"Ths South was fighting against the census returns, and Northern victory was inevitable from the beginning. No statistics can measure, for instance, how much the Confederacy suffered from the fact that it had the kind of economy that is prostrated by war, in contrast to the Union which had the kind of economy that flourishes under wartime conditions. War invigorated the Northern economy by stimulating a leading form of Northern economic activity, namely industrial production. Thus the conflict brought prosperity to the civilian population, and civilian morale remained good largely because the civilians had nothing to be demoralized about. But in the Confederacy, war paralyzed the chief form of economic activity, which was the cultivation of cotton. As the flow of income from cotton dried up, the economy languished, the economic welfare of civilians suffered, and their morale deteriorated. In the end, the economic morale of the people collapsed before their military morale was exhausted."
David M. Porter, 'Jefferson Davis and the Political Factors in Confederate Defeat', 'Why The North Won The Civil War', Collier, 1960

Answer 3

few if any over a long time period. What they had at first was that the NOrth was leary to "attack it' own people of the confederacy". It has been sai that the North fought the war with one hand tied behinds it's back. General reobert E Lee, wh ohad bee nthe best General in the US military at the out break, knew the south had no viable advantages, and that they had to hit fast and hard, and get the north in a temporary corner and force the to come to terms, the south never meant to be a permanent separate nation, history as forgotten that it seems. they wanted states rights over issues, and the North was not looking to have a war within it self. but after the 2nd year, resources where fast disapering, and industry was scarce. inter state fighting (in words) on the south was escalating, some states refused to send supplies to others, and some even refused to fight in other states. the Union was controlled from one central point, Washington DC, the south had a capitol, but the squabbling over who should get what commands and resources quickly eroded the souths tactical advantage of swift attacks and victories. The Union just wore them down, the Unions supplies where growing every day, and the Souths was drying up even faster. the south had not prepared but 3 months before entering the war, and resouces and man power was limited, the north had a thriving world trade, huge merchent fleets, railroads and industry working and expanding night and day,AND ALSO A SOURCE OF FRESH MAN POWER IN THE FORM OF NEW IMIGRANTS BEING OFFERED CITIZENSHIP AND LAND FOR ENLISTING AND GOING OF TO WAR (30% WHERE FORIEGNERS WHO ADDED GREATLY TO THE MANPOWER) tHE SOUTH HAD GOOD CAUSES, BUT HAD MUCH DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATES, and had no real control over itself, the flames of war burned up there advantages, and by Gettysburg and was actually a done deal. and plodded on for nearly 2 more years of pointless war by that time.

Answer 4

The Confederate advantages were: They had the most fertile soil and temperature for growing all year long. They had the strength of mind to keep fighting when all seemed lost. Finally they had General R.E. Lee, a master at strategy on the battlefield.

Answer 5

I assume that you refer to the Confederate States of America from 1861-1865. Pretty much the only advantages that they had was that most of the fighting was on their territory, so they generally had a better lay of the land. Early in the conflict, they had the more-daring leadership that managed to surprise the Union armies early on, but that advantage eventually disappeared under the sheer industrial and manpower advantage that the Union armies had.