Civil War

A detailed Summary of Civil War

The Confederate South, which is known for its deep military history, proved to be no competition for an industrially

sound and hastily growing north in this Civil War. The North that was industrially strong and armed to the teeth

found much of their victories quite easily obtainable. Strategy, moral, leadership, and economy are just a few factors

that contributed to the Union's dominance over the confederate succeeded states. The Union won the civil war by

economic fortitude and industrial dominance not just by the power of their military.

The Civil War was over before it began. "There was probably never any chance of the South winning without

European recognition and military aid" (Zebrowski 222). The union showed its advantages from the beginning. In

population the North had an advantage of almost five to two. This advantage appears even greater if the slaves

(which were more than one-third of the Southern people) are counted as somewhat less than the same number of

freemen (Current 21). Raw materials were mostly congregated in the North. Much of the railroads were traced

across the northern habitants: twice as much track and a better system of integrated lines (Brinkley 383). The South

of their cash crop cotton as capitol for the nation. The South made a critical mistake with this cash crop. During the

Confederacy was to protect its homeland. President Davis made one crucial mistake, he failed to create an effective

but the bulk of the fighting, he knew, would have to be done by th!

396). In 1864, Lincoln made Ulysses S. Grant general in chief of all the Union armies. Grant was not a strategic or

integrated system of lines (Brinkley 383). The Northern government funded the war by levying taxes, issuing paper

power the South, economically. Due to the industrial revolution the North had a well developed industry system. By

their own. Needless to say, this produced mass confusion and chaos. The result was an enormous inflation of 9,000

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