Some of the best officers of the US Army had resigned to join the Confederates.
Traditional advantage in cavalry - most young Southerners could ride and shoot
Officer class - the army was a more natural choice of career for sons of rural landowners than in the industrial North.
Rank-&-file - a more soldierlike breed, a generally aggressive kind of people
Home-ground advantage - most battles were on terrain unfamiliar to the enemy
Stronger war-mission - to defend the homeland against the invader.
Their President would not have to face an election in mid-war, as Lincoln did.
Prospect of recognition and military aid from Britain and France.
The Union held the advantage by a wide margin.
Once the US Civil War began, Senator Douglas supported the war in order to keep the Union whole.
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The US Civil War officially began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate soldiers began a siege of Union troops at Fort Sumter, which was on an island in the bay at Charleston, South Carolina. The Union soldiers were heavily outnumbered and outgunned, and were forced to surrender after two days.
More men - and a cool commander who was suited to a long campaign of attrition, which it certainly was.
They had slaves.
There were 34 States in the Union when the Civil War began.
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The Civil War between the Confederates and the Union.
The Union had nearly all industry and therefore in a far superior position to produce heavy munitions such as cannons etc. She also had the majority of railways.
The Union.
Ulysses S. Grant
The Union held the advantage by a wide margin.
Once the US Civil War began, Senator Douglas supported the war in order to keep the Union whole.
The Civil War. The Confederate fired on Union Fort Sumter.
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