The south has a lot of success in the east because the
overall Southern strategy ended up devoting disproportionate resources to the
eastern theatre in order to protect Richmond. Thus during the Civil War, the
South experienced the most military success in the East. The South had the best
general in the war who is Robert E. Lee on their side. He commanded ally troops
that were positioned in the eastern areas while the south had General Lee in charge
and the Union had a commander that was much less effective.
