Of course immediately.
The first important battle in which the Confederates made use of the railroads was that of First Manassas, when Joseph Johnston managed to bring in the battlefield about 9,000 reinforcements from the Shenandoah valley by train.
It was the first strategic use of railroad transportation in the military history.
They were opposed to using force to keep the south in the Union.
In 1860, railroads were an efficient way to transport farm products to the growing cities in the eastern part of the United States. Due to the Louisiana Purchase, it was also clear that rail systems would be needed west of the Mississippi to fully develop this immense tract of land. Plans for a transcontinental railroad had already been made. The advent of the US Civil War, saw the railway systems used for military purposes. The rail system in the North had twice as many track miles as that of the South. Railroads soon became preoccupied with the profits to be gained by using track miles to transport troops and necessary supplies. As it turned out the rail systems of the South, although smaller than the ones controlled by the Union were more efficiently used by Southern armies.
They wanted to capture Richmond, and cut off the South's supplies.
They were focused on Civil Rights by using a strategy of Sit-Ins which they sit in a store or buliding not moving this usually happened in the white's areas.
Gandhi used non-violent civil disobedience as a tool against British colonialism in India.
The North and South fought the Civil War because the South lived on slavery and could not live without it, the north on the other hand did not like slavery. They also fought the war because the South seceded after Lincoln became president. Seceded means that they separated from the country and became their own country, with their own name, and government. They seceded because they felt useless while Lincoln was in power, he did not like slavery so the South did not stand a chance against him. The North was also far more advanced than the South. The South was still using rivers for transportation, and fields for growing things. The North was already using railroads and factories.
Using Adhesive tax stamps and raising taxes.
The earliest railroads did not have a locomotive- there were several that were built using gravity and mules to moves cars on a track. Among the earliest that actually used a locomotive was the Granite Railway in Quincy Mass (1826). It was 3 miles long, and used to move granite stone from a quarry.
They were opposed to using force to keep the south in the Union.
U.S. Grant
In truth, Abraham Lincoln did not stop the Civil War from breaking out; his election as the 16th American president is in fact one of the primary causes of the Civil War. At the same time, it can be said that he is mainly responsible for its successful conclusion, that is, for the Union victory in the four-year conflict.
It was a mess. The south's economy was suffering greatly. It was hard on the South that the war was in their territory and that the North was doing everything it could and using its strong economy and strong followers to win the war.
They didn't want the other army using them for food/shelter
In 1860, railroads were an efficient way to transport farm products to the growing cities in the eastern part of the United States. Due to the Louisiana Purchase, it was also clear that rail systems would be needed west of the Mississippi to fully develop this immense tract of land. Plans for a transcontinental railroad had already been made. The advent of the US Civil War, saw the railway systems used for military purposes. The rail system in the North had twice as many track miles as that of the South. Railroads soon became preoccupied with the profits to be gained by using track miles to transport troops and necessary supplies. As it turned out the rail systems of the South, although smaller than the ones controlled by the Union were more efficiently used by Southern armies.
To get there faster
They wanted to capture Richmond, and cut off the South's supplies.
the draftwas then started and the people didnot have a choice they had to go