The Civil War

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Advantages and Disadvantages of the South and the
North During the Civil War
Mr. Reeder US History
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What is needed to wage a war?

• What are some things you can think of that are
  needed to wage a war?
• People
• Common Soldiers
• Officers/Political Leaders
• Workers (at home or in factories)
• Goods
• Military goods (guns, ammo, navy)
• Supporting goods (railroads, food)
• Capital goods (iron, factories, money)

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• Common Soldiers

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Men Present for Duty in the Civil War
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Troop Strength North vs. South
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Soldiers Occupations
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Union and Confederate Forces
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Cost of War North vs. South
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• Leaders

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The Confederate Generals
Stonewall Jackson
Nathan Bedford Forrest
George Pickett
Jeb Stuart
James Longstreet
Robert E. Lee
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The Union Generals
Winfield Scott
Joseph Hooker
Ulysses S. Grant
Irwin McDowell
George McClellan
George Meade
Ambrose Burnside
George McClellan,Again!
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The Presidents
Pres. Abraham Lincoln
Pres. Jefferson Davis
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Memorials
Stone Mountain, Georgia Jefferson Davis, Robert
E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
Washington DC Abraham Lincoln
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• Navy

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Navy North vs. South

• The North retained the entire Navy
• Most Naval officers stayed loyal to the North
• Lincoln commissioned over 500 naval ships
• The North commissioned the first ironclad
  warship, the USS Monitor

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• Blockade
• Norths navy allowed it form a blockade
• The North captured or destroyed 1500 Confederate
  ships
• Souths cotton exports decreased 95 during the
  war
• The North could implement the Anaconda Plan and
  divide the South in half at the Mississippi

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• However, the Souths long coastline, from the
  Gulf of Mexico up the Atlantic, made it difficult
  to implement the blockade
• South built many small, light, and fast Blockade
  Runners
• Early in the war, up to 95 of blockade running
  was successful

blockade runner
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Type of Battles Fought North vs. South

• North fighting largely offensive war
• South fighting largely defensive war
• South is a smaller, more geographically compact
  area
• Who would this help? Why?

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Location of Battles North vs. South

• The 384 principal battles occurred in 26 states
• States with fifteen or more include
• Virginia (123)
• Tennessee (38),
• Missouri (29)
• Georgia(28)
• Louisiana (23)
• North Carolina (20)
• Arkansas (17)
• Mississippi(16)

• Whose advantage would this be? Why?

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Border States

• Several slave states remained part of the Union

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Foreign Assistance North vs. South

• South buys (imports) and sells (exports) more to
  Europe than the North does
• British and French society resembles the
  aristocracy in the South, with their rich
  plantation owners, more than it does the more
  democratic North
• Britain and France have strong Navies and other
  war resources
• Whose advantage would this be? Why?

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• Resources

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North/South Comparison at the Start of the War
(1860)
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Comparisons North vs. South
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Capital North vs. South
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Resources North vs. South
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Resources North vs. South
What is the Souths most important advantage?
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New Railroad Tracks Built 1850-1860 North vs.
South
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Railroad Lines, 1860
Where are track more dense? What is the
importance of railroads to the war?
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Financial Capital

• Union could finance its war expenses by selling
  federal bonds
• Citizens have faith

• South unable to control inflation so purchasing
  power declines
• Citizens dont have faith

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Intangible North vs. South

• Who had more of a will to win?
• Whos way of life would change the most if they
  lost?
• Whose advantage would this be? Why?