which side had the advantage of fighting in familiar territory
Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. The South had this advantage. Most of the fighting of the Civil War happened in the South, so southern soldiers had the advantage of fighting on familiar territory.nswer   Oklahoma did not become a state until 1907. The US Civil War occurred from 1861 until 1865. So, the correct answer to this question is that Oklahoma did not fig â¦ ht on the Northern or the Southern side in the US Civil War.