What were the South's two main strategies for winning the Civil War? Fight a long defensive war to force the North to use up all of its resources which would make them want to stop fighting.
Convince a European country to join the war on the side of the South.
Attack the Northern Capital of Washington D. C. to force the North to give up.
Use the Mississippi River to attack the North on its own soil at several points at once causing panic and fear throughout the North.
Kill Abraham Lincoln and force the North to elect a different president.