Did the South Have a Chance? -Response

In my opinion, I think that the South had a chance at winning the Civil War. They had the motivation, and the leadership needed to defeat the North. The South had a home-field advantage, so they the terrain inside-out. The South knew all the best places to shoot from, and all the places where they could ambush or trap the North. 

They had Robert E. Lee, who was possibly the best general during the war. Also, they had motivation. The reason that they seceded was because they wanted to start there own country. It takes guts to go into war knowing that you have less people on your side. Also, the South didn't know that they weren't going to get foreign help, so from the prospective of time during the war, the South seemed to have a chance at winning the war.

If the Civil War had turned out like the Revolutionary War, (Britain-Union, Colonists-Confederate) then the South also would have a chance at winning. If they were able to get the help of foreign countries, it would have been very likely that they would have won.

The Civil War was necessary for the South to show that they had their minds set on becoming an independent nation. It could have been avoided, but the Union probably wanted to show that they would do anything to keep the US together. So, the Civil War was necessary.