Hi Joe,
Thank you for your reply. I think you meant what would of happened if the CSA had more manpower. The CSA sure tried there best to recruit more manpower be it Lee's invasion of Md in 1862 or Braggs of Ky motivated in large part to gain more recruits since the 3 d's has I call it (disease ,death and desertion) took a heavy toll. Gen Prices Sept raid on Mo was also motivated by the hope of recruiting more men and he had some success in that endevor. Gen Hood recruited Mexican-Americans in Tx and I believe it was Gen Kirby Smith who tried to recruit Indians in present day Ok to join the Confedercy if not in the CSA army per se at least in alligned militas with some success. The 1st Tx had a company of Indians who fought in the Peninsula campaighn but they didnt work out up to expectations. Of course the CSA tried conscription a whole year before the Union. Historians credit CSA conscrption with motivating many Southeners to join the Union Army so an interesting question would be did conscrption in the long run help or hurt the CSA recruitment effort?

There was debate in the South about recuiting Afro-Americans into the CSA Army since 1863 but has you know President Davis was not has open to that idea vs his rival Linclon.
In my opinion if the CSA had more manpower to be on at least equal term with the Union they most likely would have won or at least caused a stalmate resulting in the CSA becoming an indepentent nation. Lee was a far better Gen then his opposite numbers untill Grant was appointed to command all Union forces in 1864.

Leonard