Why didn t the South won the war?
Why didn t the South won the war? 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 labour and strengthening the North by more than 100,000 soldiers.
Did the South ever have a chance?
Southern chances were always bad. The North had more men, resources, railroads and a navy. The South could have won if the North came to terms in 1862. However, by 1863, the South had physically lost the war and only way the South could win was if, and only if, the North lost its nerve.