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7Cornell Notes
People, events, terms
The Balance of Forces, pages 438-443
Confederate Advantages
Could fight a defensive war on home soil.
Rebel yell
Did not have to win, just could not lose.
Morale was high.
Had the most talented and experienced military officers (Robert E. Lee,
Stonewall Jackson,
Many Southerners had been bred to fight
Union Disadvantages
Union had to invade the Confederacy, defeat it, and drag it back into the
Union.
Less-prepared men for war
Shortage of military commanders
Un ion Advantages
Miles of railroad
Factories
Farms that produced food
Controlled the sea with its navy and blockade of Southern ports
Trade with European nations
Larger population for manpower
More immigrants for manpower
Confederate Disadvantages
Scarcity of factories to produce war materials and weapons
Shortages of shoes, ,uniforms, and blankets as the war dragged on.
Shortages of food due to supply problems
Southern economy based on cotton.
If’s that could have resulted in a
If the border states had seceded
Confederate victory
If the uncertain states of the upper Mississippi Valley had turned against the
Union
If Northerners grew tired of the war and demanded a truce
If England or France had been willing to help the South break the Union
blockade
All of these almost happened but none actually did so the South really had no hope of
winning.
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