How Did Northerners View The Civil War

Both Northerners and Southerners viewed the civil war differently. They had different ideas on how they would win, or how battles would turn out. They both fought for different reasons. But they also had similarities in their ideas. They’d both thought they would win quickly.

Northerners viewed the Civil War as a quick and easy war, with a quick Union victory. During the Battle of Bull Run when the Confederacy won, both sides realized the war would be a long struggle. Life during the war was difficult for everyone, teenagers left to join the military, leaving only half of school-aged children to attend schools. Many stayed to attend to families, most schools closed due to nearby battles or being used as a hospital for wounded. Women kept factories and schools going. They also kept government records and ran offices, many tried to do without many daily life materials.
An example is Rose Greenhow who entertained Union leaders in Washington D.C. to gain information or Harriet Tubman who disrupted Confederate supply lines. Leaders on both sides had the same idea about Florida, a small state with little industry or few ties with other confederate states. It was viewed as non-important to both strategies of the North and South. Prisoners of war on both sides had to face hardships, Anderson prison was supposed to hold only 10,000 but was cramped with 33,000 Union troops. Most of them had little food and drank from a stream that served as a sewer. Nearly 13,000 Union prisoners died there, mainly from disease. A Union prison in New York had no better conditions as all the Confederate prisoners there slept through the cold without blankets or warm clothes. Nearly 14 of the Confederate prisoners died at the prison. Both industries also profited from the war, as northern industries made guns, ammunition, and uniforms. While farms in the south. made food for soldiers on both