Answer:
The most convincing 'internal' factor behind Southern defeat was the very institution that prompted secession: slavery. Enslaved people fled to join the Union army, depriving the South Of Labor and strengthening the North by more than 100,000 soldiers. Even so, slavery was not in itself the cause of defeat.
B-President Jefferson Davis did not appoint a general-in-chief.
Step-by-step explanation:
Davis failed to create a position for a general-in-chief to coordinate strategy until 1865. Some argue that this cost the Confederacy the war.
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