young soldiers were eager to fight they were expected to be able to load, aim, and fire their rifles three times in one minute
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young soldiers were eager to fight they were expected to be able to load, aim, and fire their rifles three times in one minute
young soldiers were eager to fight they were expected to be able to load, aim, and fire their rifles three times in one minute
No, the North had a larger amount of railroads and a substantially larger amount of water ways in the year 1861.
The South's economy was ruined after the North placed blockades on the ports and river-ways in 1861. They could not export their cotton, tobacco and sugar, nor could they import finished goods such as weapons and machinery. By the end of the war, the South's economy was nonexistent.
The north wanted to block there ports, take control of the mississippi river and take the capitol, richmond VA. The south just wanted to defend the north and hope that they would lose interest.