In 1861, 11 states joined the Confederacy with its capital in Richmond & its president, Jefferson Davis. The states were: TX, AR, MS, LA, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, TN, VA. The border states were: MO, KY, WV, MD & DE. WV became its own state in 1863 when the 48 western counties in VA took an anti-slavery stance. Most white Southerners in the Appalachians were too poor to own slaves. The border states were very important to Lincoln: MO controlled parts of the Mississippi River, KY controlled the Ohio River, DE was very close to Philadelphia and DC was very close to MD. We then compared the North & the South. For starters, the North had: 1. a larger population, 2. more industry, 3. more resources, 4. a better banking system, 5. more ships & most of the Navy, 6. a more extensive railway network. Northern disadvantages were:1. Bringing the South back into the Union, 2. it had to invade the South & be off its own turf, 3. Southern support for the war was strong, 4. Strong military leaders such as Robert E. Lee. Southern disadvantages: 1. War had to be fought on their turf, smaller population of white, male soldiers. 2. Fewer factories produced less weapons, food and other supplies for the troops, 3. Belief in states' rights hampered the South's efforts as individual states refused to give the Confederate government sufficient power. In the beginning, the main goal of the North was to bring to the South back to the Union. Ending slavery was not a major concern at first.