The Confederates were set up in a strong position or entrenched.
Confederate States of America, also called Confederacy, in the American Civil War, the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860-61, carrying on all the affairs of a separate government and conducting a major war until defeated in the spring of 1865.
Structure and Operation of the Confederate Government The delegates who met in Montgomery, Alabama, to form the Confederate States of America and establish a new government began by drafting a provisional and later a permanent Constitution.
Learn more about confederates here-https://brainly.com/question/14654066
#SPJ2
