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Much bigger population from which to recruit armies.
The Civil War between the North and South started due to their respective beliefs about slavery and states' rights. The South ultimately decided to secede from the Union, but Lincoln wanted to bring the South back into the country.
This is a matter of opinion, but the South probably had the better generals at the start of the Civil War.
The bombardment of Fort Sumter started the Civil War
The bombardment of Fort Sumter started the Civil War
The South had superior generals. It also had a powerful patriotism and a belief in the justice of its cause.
During the American Civil War, the North enjoyed numerous advantages over the South from the start of the conflict onward. One particularly significant advantage that it did not have, however, was the luxury of remaining on the defense. In order to achieve its war-aims, the North would need to take the offensive and invade Southern territory.
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At the start of the Civil War, those Americans who favored the North to win would most certainly have been thinking of several key factors. For one, the North had over double the population of the South; thus, the North's military forces would at least double those of the South. For another thing, the North possessed an absolute advantage over the South both in respect to industrial capacity and naval forces.
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Much bigger population from which to recruit armies.
At the start of the American Civil War, it was the North that had "dominance" (or, a strong advantage) in foreign trade. While the South's cotton was a primary export crop for the United States before the war, it was Northern merchants who handled the vast majority of the shipping between markets, just as the ships themselves were typically constructed by Northern ship-builders.
The Civil War between the North and South started due to their respective beliefs about slavery and states' rights. The South ultimately decided to secede from the Union, but Lincoln wanted to bring the South back into the country.
Because the Southern states seceded from the North, taking the huge cotton revenues with them.
This is a matter of opinion, but the South probably had the better generals at the start of the Civil War.
The North, Georgia started the Great Locomotive Chase during the American Civil War.
April 12, 1861 - April 9, 1865