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Akin to the American Revolution, quantity doesn't supersede potent obligation/motivation/patriotic affinity pertaining to the collective military & constituents.

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During the war, the South had four times less people and had much more expeirienced soldiers to guide them. Another advantage that they had was that the South was only defending their territory but the North wastrying to conquer more land / states.

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At a battle located at Manassas Junction, the Union 10,000 more soldiers than the Confederates. When it looked like the Union forces were going to win, 2,300 more Confederate soldiers arrived and entered the battle. Union troops began to retreat and the Confederates won.

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Northern industry and population advantage gradually becomes more potent in enduring/chronic warfare. Therefore, if Southern forces can initially emerge dominant, Northern forces may become "disheartened" or erroneously evaluate their status and alleviate pressure.

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The South had more expirienced and better officers as majority of the generals who were properly trained and veterans of other wars were from the South. Robert E. Lee was one Southern General who refused the Presidentś request the leead the Union´s forces as he could not fight againt his home state, Virginia.

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During the war, the North´s population was twice the size of the south, and four times bigger if you exclude the slaves. This meant that many more men could be on the battlefeilds fighting against the South. The North could also make much more iron (x20), railroad equipment (x25), and guns (x30).

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WHile the NOrth was fighting to reconquer the South as part of the Union, the Sout was only fighting in defense of their teeritory. This was alo an excellent motivator for soldiers as they were fighting in order to protect their homeland.

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The norths strategy was too split the Confederacy into three equal parts and then weaken it by battling each part. And then they would gain control of the Mississippi River and then gain control of Texas Arkansas and Louisiana. Those states would be cut off from the rest of the Confederacy and then be knocked out of the war.

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The South used people to get supplies but the North didn't. So the South lacked supplies and they didn't have enough supplies meanwhile the North had more than enough soilders and supplies.

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"The South did not have to conquer an inch of Northern land to win this war. All it had to do was successfully defend its own land against Northern armies. Also, knowing that they were fighting to defend their own land and homes gave Southern soldiers an extra reason to fight hard... It had better and more experienced officers. Most of the generals who had trained at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and fought in the Mexican War were from the South.

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Some of Advantages of the south were that they did not have to conquer an inch of the northern land to win this war. They were fighting to defend their own land and homes gave southern soilders an extra reason to fight hard.

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At the start of the war, the Union had lost one of its Warships when it had to leave its base in Norfolk, Virginia. The warship, called the Merrimack, had sunk in the water. The Confederates raised the ship and renovated it so that they could use it as their own. They renamed the ship the Virginia and used it to sink Union ships.

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The North appeared to be winning the battle until 2,300 Confederate troops appeared. Thousands of half-trained Northern soldiers dropped their guns and ran. "Some of them wounded, some just weary, and all of them frightened... a pale young man looked exhausted to death... 'I know I'm going home. I've had enough fighting to last my lifetime.'" The Union soldiers quickly became unmotivated.

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Factories were producing all the clothing, blankets, tents, and medical supplies needed by the Union armies, the North didn't have to rely on European countries for those goods, but the South did. The North had more independence, the South relied on people. The people that they are relying on could easily betray them and then that would backfire on them.

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One of the norths ships caught on fire after trying to escape the port and then sank in shallow waters.

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"The South has better and more experienced officers. Most of the generals who had trained at the United States Military Academy fought in the Mexican War were from the South. When the Southern States seceded, most of these generals resigned from the United States Army and fought for the Confederacy." - camryn

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The north was two times the size of the south in regarding of population. Considering of this, the amount of men the north could put on the battlefields was tremendously larger, they also had 20 times the amount of iron, 25 times as much railroad equipment and 30 times more guns. The north was superior in every way.

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The South mainly relied on European countries to give them supplies and goods, which served as an issue as they could not get supplies fast enough. They also didn´t have a large number of soldiers, so if the war raged on for a long period of time they wouldn´t have enough men to replace the killed and wounded soldiers.

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Lee proved to be a great general, because he deeply respected his men. General Lee used daring surprise moves to win any victories. As the war went on, able generals began to emerge from the test of the battles for the union sides as well. So the north lost one of its advantages.

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Compared to the North they had way less people and less troops. The North's population was twice as large.

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They divided the South into 3 parts which ended up cutting off Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. They would end up being knocked out of the war.

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The North had more mills and factories and could produce 20 times the amount of iron, 25 times the amount of railroad equipment, and 30 times the amount of guns. As a result of having more reailroad tracks they could move trrops and supples more eeficiently than the South. They also were not reliant on other countries for supplies such as clothing, blankets, tents, and medical supplies.

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The South had access to much fewer resources than the North. For example, they had less factories, population, farms, and railroad mileage. More factories and farms gave the North clothing, blankets, tents, and medical supplies quickly. Higher population meant a larger army. Better railroad mileage made it easy to transport goods. - Carolina

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The south was unable to sell its cotton to Europe or buy the supplies it needs because of the North's blockade.

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The Norths population was about twice as large as the Souths-- four times large if you subtract the slaves, to whom the South had no intention of giving guns. That meant the North could put four times as many men on the battlefields."

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The North had double the amount of a population that the South and four times if you don't count slaves. The North also had 20 times the amount of iron that the South could produce and 30 times the amount of guns. Overall the North was more prepared to go to war, and had the necessary amount of supplies to win.

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"If the south could win enough early battles, northerners might lose heart and quit the war before their advantages could could" (pg 3). This plan could help them win by winning everything in the beginning making the northerners think that they don't have a chance, leading them to forfeit and the south would.

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The North had a much larger population than the South did. It was twice as big as the South's was. 4 times larger if you subtract the slaves who were not allowed to be armed. That means that the North could have 30 times as many guns on the field than the South and could have 4 times as many men on the field. This gives them the upper hand. But whether they could uphold that upper hand is the real challenge.

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The North had a total of 35,000 troops marching to the nation's capital in order to capture Richmond, Virginia while the Confederate force only had 25,000. The Confederate generals also decided that their own troops were very tired after the first battle.

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"As the war went on, able generals began to emerge from the test of battle for the Union side as well, and so the South lost one of its advantages." - camryn

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The North´s population was about four times bigger than the South´s not including slaves which would help them as the war continued to rage on.

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The officers in the south were more experience which mean they had more skill. They trained in West Point, New York.

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The Union had many more troops than the Confederacy. According to the text, the Union had 35,000 troops while the Confederacy had only 25,000. - Carolina

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In early years of the war the South had more advantages "It had better and more experienced officers."
Most of the generals who had trained at the US Military Academy in New York fought for the South

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The South did not have to conquer an inch of Northern land to win this war. All it had to do was successfully defend its own land against Northern armies

KD

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The South had trained military leaders from previous wars and battles. The majority of the leaders in the south had fought in the Mexican War and trained at the United States Military Academy.

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A naval blockade was a strategy that President Lincoln used to "prevent ships from entering or leaving the Confederacy's ports". This would cause the Confederacy to be cut off from European trade to sell their cotton or buy the supplies it needs.

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"35,000 Union troops had marched out of the nation's capital..." (pg 1). This is a north advantage because they had more troops at the time then the south side. This helped them a lot.

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The North side was able to produce materials much faster then the South. According to the article they produced "20 times as much as iron, 25 times as much railroad equipment, and 30 times as many guns as the South."

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Unlike the North who was trying to reclaim their territory, the South "did not have to conquer an inch of Northern land" and only had to defend their territory.

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Most of the leadership of the Union side were "untrained, disorganized, and confused." They were not skilled in battle so they had an uphill climb in order to be successful.

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