Usually women who were not fighting had fundraisers and raised money for soldier supplies
The Union or the North had a huge advantage over the Confederates or South in terms of population. The Union had 23 million white residents while the Confederates only had 5 million. Add that every state that seceded from the Union also outfitted a regiment of Union loyalists who fought for the North and you are left with the major reasons why the Civil War was eventually won by the Union.
the south.
crops and agriculture
taxes da!
They borrowed money form France and Spain.
The civilians sold the supplies to the government and the government gave them money for the supplies.
The North was more industrial and had many more people, thus giving them an easier time in raising money for the civil war...
Only 50,000 Union troops were enlisted on the basis of the draft laws. The Union states continued to raise troops who were volunteers.
To raise money for the war effort.:)
To raise money for the war effort.:)
To raise money for the war effort.:)
because when the civil wr erupted, both the union and the confederacy needed to raise enormous to finance the war.