The South began the civil war with a bleak outset‚ their only hope being their skilled generals and the stance of a defensive war‚ but despite what historians may say it was the North that underestimated the South. Prior to the start of the war the obvious winner would be the North for they held the most ascendancy in the splitting nation. The North contained seventy percent of the country’s railroads which gave them the lead in the swiftness to travel. Troops‚ supplies‚ and weapons could be
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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
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all history‚ no nation of mere agriculturists ever made successful war against a nation of mechanics You are bound to fail." Union officer William Tecumseh Sherman to a Southern friend. "Why did the North win the Civil War?" is only half of a question by itself‚ for the other half is "Why did the South lose the Civil War?" To this day historians have tried to put their finger on the exact reason for the South losing the war. Some historians blame the head of the confederacy Jefferson Davis;
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a free state‚ but also stating slavery would be prohibited anywhere north of the southern boundary of Missouri in the future. The Missouri compromise had initially handled the status of slavery before 1846‚ from the procurement of the Louisiana purchase‚ which was the first large purchase of land. The question of western expansion of slavery into these new territories was now the beginning of what started the era of the civil war and the great divide of the American people. The new territories did
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On the North’s side of the Civil war‚ there were many Generals who helped defeat the Confederate States‚ but Ulysses S. Grant may have been the most important general. Without his knowledge and skill‚ the North most likely wouldn’t have won the war. Before Grant was a general in the Civil War‚ he worked on his family’s farm as a teen. At age 17‚ he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point‚ New York. He graduates from West Point in 1843‚ at age 21. Here is where he learned his skills and knowledge
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The Advantages of the North and South led to a great battle known as the Civil War. Even though they both had their advantages and disadvantages to winning the Civil War‚ But they were both amazing. The more you know about what they fought for and or about. The North and South both had different advantages. If you read ahead you will learn some of the advantages of North and South. The North had advantages during the civil war because they had more railroad tracks to transport things. They used
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to agree to a cause equally‚ something the North and South could not do! North and South could never agree on many things‚ causing the Civil War. The Civil War includes some of the most cruel‚ bloody wars anyone has ever seen. The reasons of the war affected so much‚ the country is split into two. Reasons for South fighting One of the reasons for the South fighting against North is slavery‚ one of the main reasons for the war. In the split of the North and South‚ the South developed tensions and
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the president of the United States Of America. It was finally time to see who won the election‚ and the government decided to call both the presidential runners the president. Since they tied the government is calling both of them the president. As you could imagine The people of the U.S weren’t very happy so‚ half of the states teamed up‚ and the other half teamed up‚ to take each other down. It started with the North‚ and made it’s way all the way down to South.
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The North took victory in the civil war against the South. The North had several of advantages when it came to defeating the other side.The blockade. As the war progressed the blockade of Southern ports slowly became more effective‚ closing the ports and thus cutting off the vital supplies needed to fight the war. This includes medicine. The South had to rely on Europe even more so than the North for supplies with which to fight the war so by eliminating more and more ports into which the supplies
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the words “civil war” make you think of? For many people these words represent a fight of good against evil‚ and in the case of the American civil war‚ the war over slavery. But these assumptions about the American Civil War aren’t always true. The Civil War was fought from 1861-1865‚ after 7 states seceded from the United States in January 1861. These 7 states grew to 11 and were known as the Confederacy or the South. They were fighting the North‚ known as the Union. The Civil War is commonly
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