Confederate

• Strength: Wage a defensive war.
• Strength: Knowledge of terrain and support of civilian population (the South).
• Strength: Had a large share of natural and industrial resources.
• Strength: Had a reason for fighting.
• Weakness: Economy relied on cotton, but there was a naval blockade so their primary income was failing.
• Weakness: Importing / exporting was difficult.
• Weakness: Lacked industry or an extensive railroad to move men and supplies.
• Weakness: Had fewer than a million men while the union had over 20 million residents.
• Weakness: Southern farms and towns were destroyed. Refugees as a result.