What Were The Advantages And Disadvantages Of The Civil War?
The Civil War, also known as “The War Between the States”, was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861 and formed their own country in order to protect the institution of slavery. As hostilities broke out between the North and the South, both sides believed that they would prevail in short order; very few on either side envisioned a bloody four-year war that would pit brother against brother. In retrospect, it is very easy to say that the North possessed the greater advantage, but in 1861, the distinction was not as clear as both the North and South possessed _______________________________________. At the outbreak of the war, the South did seem to have great advantages to many. First and foremost, the Southerners were fighting a defensive war on their own soil. They knew the terrain and the most efficient ways to transverse it.
At the outset, the South seemed to have great advantages. First and foremost, Southerners were …show more content…
The South simply lacked the industrial base and the capital to fight a long, drawn-out, modern war. Major industrial areas within the Confederacy were limited to Richmond and Atlanta. In 1861, the seceded states were able to seize Federal arsenals and armories located within their borders. The combination of limited industrial resources and the seizure of Federal installations permitted the Confederacy to do a better-than-expected job of equipping and supplying its forces in the field. Nonetheless, the Confederacy was chronically short of just about every kind of material necessary to fight a war. On the eve of the conflict, the North controlled three-fourths of both the nation's wealth and the nation's railways. The South did have some railroads, but they were sparse and often of different gauges, making travel on them quite
At the outset, the South seemed to have great advantages. First and foremost, Southerners were …show more content…
The South simply lacked the industrial base and the capital to fight a long, drawn-out, modern war. Major industrial areas within the Confederacy were limited to Richmond and Atlanta. In 1861, the seceded states were able to seize Federal arsenals and armories located within their borders. The combination of limited industrial resources and the seizure of Federal installations permitted the Confederacy to do a better-than-expected job of equipping and supplying its forces in the field. Nonetheless, the Confederacy was chronically short of just about every kind of material necessary to fight a war. On the eve of the conflict, the North controlled three-fourths of both the nation's wealth and the nation's railways. The South did have some railroads, but they were sparse and often of different gauges, making travel on them quite