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[Union advantages]

Much bigger population from which to recruit armies.

Traditional advantage in artillery, including new rifled cannon

Industrial capability - access to all kinds of war-supplies

More railroad mileage - whole armies could move by train

Big enough navy to blockade Southern coast

Most talented President the Americans ever had

[Confederate disadvantages]

Virtually no industrial manufacturing base

No access to new rifle-barrelled artillery

Much smaller population from which to recruit armies

Less railroad mileage for troop transport

Violent feuding between Generals

Unable to export or import, due to blockade

President who was out of his depth

Currency not backed by assets, only by a promise of victory

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