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The Confederate War effort was hurt by southerners fierce devotion to?
State's rights
Was Texas a confederate state during the war civil war?
Yes.
Who was the commander of the andersonville confederate war camp?
Wirz - the only Confederate hanged for war-crimes.
Which side had the best generals in the civil war?
The Confederates. Lee and both the Johnstons outclassed Grant and Sherman. But they were badly led by their President, and suffered from the many drawbacks built into the Confederate effort.
Why did sherman attack the civilian infrastructure between atlanta and Savannah?
To impede the Confederate war-effort by destroying farms, burning crops, killing livestock and wrecking railroads. He believed correctly that this would bring the war to an end quicker than trying to pursue the Army of Tennessee into the mountains. And it cost almost no casualties.
How did enslaved African-Americans help to hurt to confederate war effort?
yes
The Confederate War effort was hurt by southerners fierce devotion to?
State's rights
The Union seriously hampered the Confederate war effort?
The Union naval blockade seriously hampered the Confederate war effort
How did enslaved African Americans help to hurt the confederate war effort?
By escaping and volunteering for service with the Northern armies. Even if they were not accepted, they were helping to diminish the Southern workforce.
Seriously hampered the Confederate war effort?
During the American Civil War, a variety of factors hampered the Confederate war effort. Perhaps the most serious was the smaller size of the South's population: Confederate armies were typically outnumbered by their Union counterparts, and replacements for battle-casualties were much harder to recruit.
What was true about the desegregation of the defense industry under President Franklin Roosevelt?
He feared that protests planned would hurt the war effort
How did the enslave African Americans help to hurt the confederate war?
i i dont know
What agricultural policies damaged the Confederate war effort throughout the US Civil War?
The Confederate central government did not "socialize" the agricultural part of their economy. For the most part many growers opted to grow exportable crops rather than food products needed for the war effort.
What benefits to the Confederate cause did the State of Texas provide?
The Confederate State of Texas made solid contributions to the Confederate war effort. It was a major supplier of supplies and soldiers. Texan soldiers could be found fighting in many battles throughout the war.
What did General Sherman do to hurt the south during the civil war?
He turned East from Atlanta and launched a campaign of destruction on the rich farmland of Georgia. This attacked the 'soft underbelly' of the Southern war-effort, taking the Confederate armies another step towards starvation, and evastating Southern morale. There is no question that it shortened the war.
What was one example of how Confederate Jefferson Davis made use of slave labor in the Confederate war effort?
There was a huge disparity in the population numbers between the North and the South during the US Civil War. To help the Confederate war efforts, President Jefferson Davis called for the drafting of 4,500 slaves from Virginia to help in building fortifications protecting Richmond, Virgina.
What did Confederate sea raiders accomplish in the US Civil War?
Confederate sea raiders help protect drove foreign ships bringing supplies to the South. They also hurt the U.S. Merchant Marine fleet.
