Maybe southern troops were, in general, willing to endure more hardships or fight a little harder because they felt they had more personally at stake than most northern troops. The southern army certainly had generally much better battlefield leadership. The southern troops themselves had a lot of respect for Yankees from the midwestern states, who tended to be farm boys just like them, and equally hard to handle.
The Rebel States were the Southern states - which formed the Confederacy.
The battle that the southern army try to win on northern soil was the battle of Shiloh
The two sides that fought in the Civil War were called The Union and the Confederacy. The Union was primarily located in the Northeast United States and wanted to keep the Southern states in the Union. Later in the war they would support the emancipation of the slaves The Confederacy was located in the South and support secession from the Union and the continuation of slavery.
the Confederacy. The Confederacy was what the South's government and army was known as, but there were many guerrilla groups who terrorized many in the southern states and outlying territories. Quantrill's Raiders was one such group that worked in the Missouri and Kansas Territories.
Skilful diplomacy by Lincoln in Kentucky and Missouri, along with some unlawful jailing of pro-Southern leaders in Maryland.
The Southern states formed the Confederacy. The North - or what was left of the USA - was termed the Union.
Robert E. Lee Led the the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the civil war. Jefferson Davis was the president and commander in chief of the Confederacy including all the Southern armies.
The Union was the Northern part of the United States, while the Confederacy was the Southern portion.
Ulysses S. Grant (northern / union general)The southern states = Confederacy northern states = Union
The confederacy of the southern states wanted Fort Sumter to have a foot hold on the harbors. The confederacy held possession of Fort Sumter until February 1865, when the North came in and raised the Northern states flag and regained control of Fort Sumter.
North America, including the USA, lies in the Northern Hemisphere. South America lies in the Southern Hemisphere.
The southern states were the Confederacy. All the states from Virginia down to Texas, Florida, Mississippi etc. were in the Confederacy.
The northern blockade of southern ports during the American Civil War helped prevent the Confederacy from receiving crucial supplies and aid from foreign countries. This contributed to the economic strain on the southern states and weakened their ability to sustain their war effort.
carpetbaggers north/ scalawags south
The Northern states called themselves the Union and the Southern states named themselves the Confederacy (The Confederate States of America).
The equator separates the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.