At the onset on the war, in 1861 and 1862, they stood as relatively equal combatants. The Confederates had the advantage of being able to wage a defensive war, rather than an offensive one. They had to protect and preserve their new boundaries, but they did not have to be the aggressors against the Union :)
<span>a. Serbs wanted to unify all of the Slavic countries of the Balkan Peninsula with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. </span>
