The Confederate Army was the largest best equipped Army in the world, with one exception - the US Army.
The Confederate Army would have made mince meat of any contemporary European Army of the time. Heck if you can imagine transporting the CS Army to Europe, they could have conquered all of Europe at the time.
Totally false. The CSA army was not one of the best equipped armies in the world. Read about the Prussian Army’s performance in 1866. The Prussian Army was the best equipped military in the world. The breech loading needle rifle that Prussia fielded would have dominated the battlefield over the CSA’s muzzle loaders. Our military did not field this type of rifle in large numbers until the 1870’s. Experts in the field of military affairs looked to Prussia to learn from. There was a reason that Phil Sheridan was present at Prussian HQ’s during the Franco-Prussian War. Sheridan and Bismark became good friends. Sheridan did advise the Prussians of the concept of Total War.