Why The Confederacy Won The Civil War?

The American Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, remains one of the most important periods in U.S. history. This conflict between the Northern Union states against the Southern Confederate states, was driven by two main issues such as slavery and states' rights. This war led to an outcome that affects today's society, but what made the Union have an advantage over the Confederacy? Also, how would life have been if the Confederacy had won? To Begin, The Civil War started because of the differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. When Abraham Lincoln won the election in 1860 as the first Republican president to want slavery out of the territories, several slave states in the deep South seceded
“The attack on Fort Sumter marked the official beginning of the American Civil War—a war that lasted four years, cost the lives of more than 620,000 Americans, and freed 3.9 million enslaved people from bondage.” (Battlefields.org) After a few months, the battle of Bull Run happened. “President Abraham Lincoln ordered Brigadier General Irvin McDowell to mount an offensive that would hit quickly and decisively at the enemy and open the way to Richmond, thus bringing the war to a mercifully quick end.” (History.com) This would begin with an attack on Confederate troops who were there, but because the confederate knew the area it gave them an advantage. “Jackson, a former professor at the Virginia Military Institute, led a Virginia brigade from the Shenandoah Valley into the battle at a key moment, helping the Confederates hold an important high-ground position at Henry House Hill.” (History.com) Despite the Confederate victory, they were too disorganized and lacked resources to keep up with Union troops. This war resulted in many deaths, mostly from Union