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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 Presidentwould not have to face an election in mid-war, as Lincoln did.



Prospect of recognition and military aid from Britain and France.





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