The Confederate Cabinet and Congress was just a mess of incompetents, idealogues, backbiters, drunkards, ruffians and people who were bigots even by the standards of the time. And EVERYONE seemed to hate Jefferson Davis.
The idea that they could come out of a destructive war and form a functioning government seems like the biggest pipe dream of them all.
Maybe it was on another thread, but the description of the South as nearly medieval in its politics is somewhat true. Men who were rich simply by birth and maintained their wealth through slavery - all of them thinking they should be prince of their land.
My great grandfather served as Captain - Fiftieth Georgia Regiment, C.S.A.
Fortunately, he wrote his memoirs and saved many, many letters describing his experiences in 13 major battles, and around 50 skirmishes, marches, etc. In the hundreds of stories and prayers there is no discussion of the politics or socioeconomic issues of the day - only the accounts of brave and honorable men fighting and to defend their homeland from attack.