About 3.5 million slaves and about another 500,000 free blacks. The total southern population was 9 million, so that left five million white southerners to fight the 21 million white northerners.
About a third
In the US Civil War, the North had the advantage in population and industry. The South had the advantage of better officers, and that they were defending their homes.
3.5 million were slaves out of a population of 9 million.
I think 30%. :) ^_^'
Much smaler population from which to recruit armies.
Not the Black people.
Gained members in the South :))))
Black slaves.
Medics
There were about 4 million slaves in the south during the time of the Civil War.
Smaller population. No industrial manufacturing.
About a third
In the US Civil War, the North had the advantage in population and industry. The South had the advantage of better officers, and that they were defending their homes.
3.5 million were slaves out of a population of 9 million.
little population north had much more than the south
At the start of the Civil War, the Union, which was made up of the Northern states, had a population of 22 million free people. The population of the South at the start of the war was 9 million.
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