State's rights
Yes.
Wirz - the only Confederate hanged for war-crimes.
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.
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.
yes
State's rights
The Union naval blockade seriously hampered 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.
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.
He feared that protests planned would hurt the war effort
i i dont know
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.
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.
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.
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.
Confederate sea raiders help protect drove foreign ships bringing supplies to the South. They also hurt the U.S. Merchant Marine fleet.