Why did the north side win the civil war?

Answer 1

A combination of a greater population to draw manpower from, combined with more industrial capacity to produce war materials, and the ability to blockade the Southern ports to reduce imports of all kinds.

The Southern forces were never able to overcome their lack of supplies and materials, such as cannon and gunpowder.

Bravery alone cannot carry the day.

AnswerThe south never lost a battle because of lack of supplies. They used the surrounding land and farms for resources. James Mckie 8th Grade Georgia History Student Fitzgerald, Georgia Where the North and South met arm in arm.

But lead, gunpowder, rifles, and cannon don't grow on farms. The South attacked at Gettysburg in an attempt to capture a SHOE factory.

The Fallacy of the Shoe FactoryThere never was a shoe factory in Gettysburg. Or even in the area. There were no more shoes in Gettysburg than any other town in Pennsylvania.

4G Grandson, Pvt Henry Stephens, Company D, 137th VNYI, wounded on Culp's Hill, Gettysburg

However, Confederate general Robert E. Lee badly needed shoes for his soldiers, and he went to Gettysburg because he had heard there was a supply of shoes there. They had a skirmish with Union troops which it escalated into the Battle of Gettysburg as forces from both sides joined the fight.

Answer 2

The North was highly industrialized and thus self-sufficient in terms of arms and logistics while the South lacked arms manufacturing.

European powers found arming or supporting a slave owning populace highly distasteful, as those powers had previously outlawed and criminalized slavery.

The North's agriculture was dedicated to food production for local and regional consumption. The South's agriculture produced cash crops (cotton, tobacco, indigo and rice) for export sale.

The North had a large population of free men, willing to serve under arms, plus a large population of free men to draft from. The South had a small population of free men, and was leery of arming the majority black population of slaves, for fear of open revolt.

Northern commanders prosecuted the then revolutionary policy of total war, which would become widely influential in the 20th Century. Southern commanders, most particularly Robert E Lee, used Napoleonic tactics, long out of date.

Southern soldiers in all theaters were generally poorly trained, poorly fed and poorly armed.

Answer 3

The North won the Civil War because it destroyed the South's lines of communication. All the rest is detail.

Answer 4

Much bigger population from which to recruit armies.

Answer 5

The North won the Civil War by General Lee from the South surrendered to the North.