The War for Southern Independence--I

1. The "Brothers' War"
   1. Confederate States of America
   2. The Union
2. Initial Balance--Advantages
   1. CSA--A Defensive War
      1. Motivation--Fighting for Home
      2. Territory
         1. Large Extent
         2. Superior Knowledge of Terrain
      3. Strategic Advantages--Interior Lines
   2. Union
      1. Material Edge
         1. Population (21 Million/9 Million [1/3 Slave])
         2. Industrial Capacity (90 Percent of 1860 US)
         3. Virtually All of Prewar Navy
      2. BUT
         1. A War Fought By Men, Not Machines
         2. The Union as "Agrarian," the Confederacy as "Industrial"
3. The Long Haul--Southern Weaknesses
   1. Quantitative
      1. Manpower
      2. Economic Strength
      3. The Blockade
   2. Structural
      1. Localism
      2. Factionalism
      3. Individualism