Any money still owed by the Confederacy after the end of the Civil War was not collectible, since the Confederacy ceased to exist and had no legal inheritor of its debts. The Union paid its expenses in the usual way, through tax money. Even though governments take out loans in times of war, those loans also are eventually repaid by tax money. Taxpayers pay for wars.
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Kentucky was a border state. Individuals from Kentucky fought on both sides of the Civil War.
The Mexican War preceded the Civil War. Many of the Officers and Troops on both the Union and Confederate sides received their combat experience during the Mexican War.
Because both sides were certain that they would win.
Both sides were extremely self-confident, and believed that they would have a victory in a couple weeks or less.
offered pay to soldiers along with promises of homes, education, and "insurance"
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The similarities between north and the civil war are...... Both sides were American. Both sides spoke English. Both sides raised regional units. Both sides had the same weapons. Both sides had poor medical care. Both sides wanted to expand
Both sides in the US civil War used cannons.
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Soldiers on both sides
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i actually just read a book about the civil war. both sides feel like their soldiers need alot more training. :)
Both sides in the Civil War were Americans. By definition a civil war occurs when two factions within a country go to war.
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They had run out of volunteers.