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The strategy of the Confederacy (South) was to fight a defensive war, and drag the war out as long as possible.

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the Confederacy favored a strategy of attrition, which was a strategy of endurance to wear down the Union and to win the war over time by not losing it. They would drag out the war, making it as difficult and expensive as possible for the Union to fight in terms of resources and manpower.

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