... , it had to win a short war by striking swiftly-in modern parlance, by an offensive blitzkrieg strategy (Zebrowski 225). Behind the Confederate President Davis' command the Confederacy sat in a defensive stance, waiting for a northern attack. The main goal of the Confederacy was to protect its homeland. President Davis made one crucial mistake, he failed to create an effective central command system ... did not take shape in the South by this time. The South depended highly on the harvesting of their cash crop cotton as capitol for the nation. The South made a critical mistake with this ...

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