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What were the advantages that the union had at the beginning of the war to those of the confederacy?
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At the beginning of the Civil War, railroads connected most of the union. They did not connect much of the Confederacy. The Union had more foundries and factories. The Union had far more farmland. The Union had more people. The war would occur in areas controlled by the Confederacy. Both sides saw this as an advantage at first. The Confederacy did not need to change anything. Union factories could change from civilian manufacture to making war materiel. Winchester in Connecticut could switch from making sewing machines to manufacturing rifles. The main advantage was potential rather than actual. While railroad tracks ran all over the Union States, they did not use a standard gage. To manufacture guns at in New England and ship them to Illinois, the railroad cars needed to be unloaded or have the wheels replaced. Then they could go on. The union would establish standard gage railroad track so freight could be loaded anywhere and sent anywhere else. That took time.
The Union had the Navy. Slowly it took port cities out of the picture. Thus, the Union had the ability to grind slowly away at the Confederacy.
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Who had more states union or confederacy by how much?
At the beginning of the Civil War, the Union had 19 states, not including the four border states that did not secede. The Confederacy had only 11.
What advantages did both of the union and confederacy have?
The union had more resources overall and a great military, but the confederates had a large amount of cotton.
Was texas part of the Confederacy union?
It was part of the Confederacy - and therefore not the Union.
Was Kansas part of the union or the confederacy?
Confederacy.
Who had more slaves Union or Confederacy?
Confederacy
What advantages did the union states have over the confederacy states?
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How did the Union depend on the Confederacy?
It didn't. The Confederacy was the government formed by those states attempting to leave the Union. The two were at war. Michael Montagne Actually, the Union did depend on the Confederacy. With out the confederacy's contributions to the war and *mistakes* the Union would have never won.
Who had more states union or confederacy by how much?
At the beginning of the Civil War, the Union had 19 states, not including the four border states that did not secede. The Confederacy had only 11.
What advantages did both of the union and confederacy have?
The union had more resources overall and a great military, but the confederates had a large amount of cotton.
What advantages did the confederates have over the union?
One advantage that the Confederacy had in the war was its talented military leaders.
Compare advantages the Union had at the beginning of the war to those of the Confederacy?
The Union had a strong manufacturing and industrial base while the South had almost none. The Union contained almost all of the nation's shipbuilding capacity. Chemical handling experience had developed in the North and that is where most of the gunpowder came from. The south would have to start at square one. The South had horses, a military tradition and young men there had grown up as hunters.
What the union weakness?
They lacked great leaders, and at the beginning of the war were not fighting with as much devotion to the cause as the Confederacy.
What advantages did the confederacy have against the union in the first Battle of Bull Run?
They were more familiar with the area, and had better leadership.
Was texas part of the Confederacy union?
It was part of the Confederacy - and therefore not the Union.
At the beginning of the Civil War how much did Privates receive in pay each month in the Union and how much did they receive in the Confederacy?
Soldiers on both sides earned 11 dollars a month which was a lot of money in those days.
At the beginning of the civil war how much did privates received in pay each month in the union and how much did they receive in the confederacy?
Soldiers on both sides earned 11 dollars a month which was a lot of money in those days.
Was the Gettysburg battle the union or confederacy?
confederacy
