What geographic advantages did the South have over the North?

The main
geographic advantages that the South had come from the fact that they were fighting in the South
as opposed to in the North. Being closer to home, the South was able to keep their supply lines
significantly shorter than the Northern ones, and so were able to get food, ammunition, and
medicine to their soldiers much more quickly than the Northern army could.

In
addition, fighting in the south offered their armies the ability to travel and fight in areas
with which they were familiarincluding the Appalachian Mountain range, which is very rough
terrain. Some guerrilla warfare was employed by members of the Southern armies which was aided
by this terrain.

Finally, the South encompassed a significant areathe South
encompasses at least two thirds of the land area of the country at that time, which made it more
difficult for the Northern army to penetrate and invade.