Essay On Why Did The North Win The Civil War

In the eyes of Lincoln it was an insurrection rather than a revolt, and sought to put it down as one, which lead to early successes for the confederacy. Despite this the many advantages of the north; ranging from more citizens, to more income, caused the inevitable collapse of the south. While the south did have more officers, and skill sets more akin to warmaking; none of this would be enough to beat the union defending it's ideals. The war itself didn't strt as the union had expected. The battle of bull run, which Lincoln expected to win, was lost to general stonewall jackson. Here, the union failed to prove their superiority. still in 1861 Tardy george, McClellan failed to finish the North's staradegy with the Peninsula campagin. Their plan was as follows; Slowly blockading the coasts, liberate the slaves and undermine economy of the South, Cut the Confederates in half by taking the Mississippi, demoralise the South, and finally capture its capital at Richmond. Confident after his victory over McClellen, Lee moved up north and started the second bttle of bull run, or Antietum; where he lost, due to his battle
Continuing on, in 1863 the battle of Gettysburg looked like it would be a confederate victory, but after days of delivery, the union won, and Lincoln humiliated Davis by sending his preemptive negotiators back. In the later half of 1864 Sherman would make his famous march through Georgia, and succeed in demoarlising the South aswell as obliterating it's supply lines, which were alredy insufficent to fight the North's great connectivity. Sherman faced no relevnt resistence, and finished his part of the plan. The war ended with the ilderness Campaignm starting around Cold Harbour and ending the war at the Appomattox Courthouse, after Grant beat Lee at great cost to his own