Reasons Confederacy Lost the Civil War
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- Created on: 11-06-19 15:52
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- 'The Leadership of Jefferson Davis Was the main cause of Confederate defeat' Discuss
- Military Weakness
- North Naval supremacy
- Blockading south
- 90 ships increased to 280 by Dec 1861
- General Lee
- Too attack minded?
- Numbers
- April 1861 - 75,000 volunteers
- July 1861 - 500,000 volunteers
- April 1861 - 75,000 volunteers
- Strong pool of military experience
- 2/3 Westpoint graduates
- Confederacy introduced conscription March 1862
- Union introduced it March 1863
- North mobilised black population
- North Naval supremacy
- Political Weakness
- Lincoln
- Little admin experience
- Foreign policy was managed by Seward
- Tenacity simplicity
- Faith in Union
- skilful in keeping political factions together
- Davis
- Difficult to get on with
- Went through 6 Secretary's of war
- Went through 4 Secretary's of state
- Useful military and admin experience
- Lee - 'nobody could have done a better job'
- Difficult to get on with
- Pockets of Unionism existed in the Confederacy
- Lincoln
- Economic Weakness
- North 2x Railroad
- North 6x the factories
- Confederacy couldn't finance long war
- 5000% Inflation
- 'Confederate socialism'
- Blockade runners = crucial
- 60% small arms got through
- 75% salt peter got through
- Draft exemption
- Ensured enough skilled workers to work railway
- Blockade runners = crucial
- N produced more agriculturally
- Military Weakness
- North had 10x Industrial productive capacity
- Economic Weakness
- North 2x Railroad
- North 6x the factories
- Confederacy couldn't finance long war
- 5000% Inflation
- 'Confederate socialism'
- Blockade runners = crucial
- 60% small arms got through
- 75% salt peter got through
- Draft exemption
- Ensured enough skilled workers to work railway
- Blockade runners = crucial
- N produced more agriculturally
- Economic Weakness
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