Compare And Contrast Union And Confederate

The challenges that the Union and the Confederacy faced during the Civil War were very different. Critical weaknesses that seemed unfit for war, plagued the opposing American forces, and would serve to be a continuous obstacle that would need to be conquered by patriotism of the people, for their opposing views. To allow for both sides to be competitive, the efforts put forth had to mold to the varied needs of the armies by both the civilian population and their militaries. To the people in the south the similarity to the colonists in the Revolutionary War, was assimilated to their separatist cause in the Civil War and would be their drive to compete with the dominating Northern states. This mindset started the Confederacy in the Civil

The transportation of products, supplies, Natural resources, and people in the North and South was a big factor in who won the war. The attached 1861 railroad map by James Lloyd shows how dense the railroads in the North were compared to the South. The North relied more on the railroad to transport their manufactured goods. The railroads also helped the union by sending ammunition and food quickly, but The there was a fear of being sabotaged. In the map, we can also see the South railroads were very scattered. The South didn 't have much of a need to have as many railroads because they were farming communities. The Union also destroyed what little railroads the South had (Boyer 454). The Confederacy then could not transport supplies nor people to other parts of the South (Beringer 310).

In 1861 the American Civil War started. The country was divided into the North (Union) and The South (Confederates). Robert E. Lee was the leading general for the South. Ulysses S. Grant was the leading General for the North. The Union had 23 states which were California,Michigan,Connecticut,Minnesota,Illinois,New Hampshire,Indiana,New Jersey,Iowa,New York,Kansas,Ohio,Maine,Oregon,Massachusetts,Pennsylvania,Rhode Island,VErmont,West Virginia and Wisconsin. The South on the other hand only had 11 which were Alabama,Arkansas,Florida,Georgia,Louisiana,Mississippi,North and South Carolina,Tennessee,Texas and Virginia. The North and many ways had a great advantage in the war because they had more men, more factories to build supplies, and a larger navy. On the other hand the South only had to defend their land from the Invading Union.

There were many different Union Leaders and many Confederate leaders. Such as Jefferson Davis (Confederate) and Abraham Lincoln( Union )They both helped shape our country into what it is today. Both Leaders tried their hardest to command their troops as good as they could. They both made many different impacts on our country.

The north had more of everything, which meant that the south would run out of resources much faster than the north. This is a prime example of why the union won the war. When the confederacy were running out of resources, the north were still thriving with them. Another example of the union having more resources would be the number of soldiers in the Civil war. “At the beginning of the war the Northern states had a combined population of 22 million people. The Southern states had a combined population of about 9 million. This disparity was reflected in the size of the armies in the field. The Union forces outnumbered the Confederates roughly two to one.” (Document 4). This piece of text explains how many more soldiers the union had. The north had 22 million population, the south only had 9 million. This meant many more soldiers for the north, and many less for the

From the onset of the war, the Union had its obvious advantages. They simply had large amounts of resources of which the South did not. "In all history, no nation of mere agriculturists ever made successful war against a nation of mechanics. You are bound to fail" --Union officer William Tecumseh Sherman to a Southern friend. Over 85 percent of the nation's industry and significant material resources were controlled by the North. The North was able to use take power of their economical advantages to produce military supplies, and replace damaged equipment more rapidly than the Confederacy. On top of that, forces for the field could be re-supplied rapidly because

It is important to have a bigger population because then you have larger armies. In 1860, the population of the North was 22 million. The Southern states were populated with 9 million people, 3.5 million of which were slaves. This tells us that the South had an disadvantage because they had almost 3 times as less people to fight for them. Although, they had 3.5 million slaves who would be tough fighters even though most of them were not educated. “The violence of battle and the awful death rates that resulted made the Civil War the most costly of all U.S. wars. In all, over 600,000 men were killed outright or died of disease and wounds,” (Document 2). Both sides of the war suffered tremendous death and lost many men. It favored the North because they had more people that were willing to risk their life than the

The third major part of the North was their military. The Union had a larger population, and there for, they had a larger army. They also had more guns and rails to move supplies and troops to the front lines. They even had a better navy than the South, and were able to successfully blockade Southern trading ports, cutting off European trade (Davidson and Stoff pg 488). There were some slight issues, however, with the army.

During the American Civil War, the Union was successful because of their numerous factories, population, and transportation. The Confederate was unsuccessful because of their economic failures. They started out strong and failed during the war during The Civil War. They could really only make cotton. The Union came up with a plan called the Anaconda Plan to shut down the Confederate economically and it worked. This plan was an idea to make the Confederate crumble economically. They used their navy to surround there harbors and the Mississippi to stop any imports or exports to the Confederate. The Union had more factories than the Confederate allowing them to be able to produce goods way faster. This also allowed them to make guns, clothing, and railroads. The union had more people fighting in the war giving them more troops to fight in battles, and all of the troops had supplies thanks to their numerous factories. The Unionerners had better transportation than the Confederate giving them the ability to travel through the country faster. This also allowed them to transport goods faster. The Union and the Confederate both had their strengths and weaknesses but at the end of the war the Union showed that they were stronger than the Confederate.

Economically, the Civil War was not a contest between equals. The South had no factories to produce guns or ammunition, and its railroads were small and not interconnected, meaning that it was hard for the South to move food, weapons and men quickly and over long distances. In addition, though agriculture thrived in the South, planters focused on cash crops like tobacco and cotton and did not produce enough food to feed the southern population. The North, on the other hand, had enough food and enough factories to make weapons for all of its soldiers. It also had an extensive rail network that could transport men and weapons rapidly and cheaply. At first, this superiority of the North didn't seem to make much of a difference; like many wars

The North and South had political advantages that would help them win battles. The North had a better political structure. Before the South had seceded there were many laws that Congress could not pass because the South feared it could hurt their economy. Since the South succeeded congress in the North passed laws like the Homestead Act, which opened up public-domain lands for families in the Union (Government During the Civil War). Congress in the North also passed the National Banking Act. The National Banking Act allowed the North to produce currency that they could use to fund things like weapons and food for the Civil war. Although the South did not have as many political advantages as the North, they still had unique features that the North did not have. The South had a “war-tax” that they would collect. They would use

Even though the North and South were two very distinctly different opposing forces during the Civil War, there were some things both sides had in common. The Civil War was primarily fought to abolish slavery after Abraham Lincoln was elected president, but there were core differences between the North and South that caused them to fight for or against slavery. Things like climate, social equality, and the economy, were major factors in determining whether a state was part of the Confederacy or the Union. When the Confederate states seceded they kept many traits from the Union, so there were still some similarities such as technology and political systems. Ultimately, the small amount of similarities between the two sides were overpowered by differences, and led to the North’s victory of the Civil War.

So whenever the Union added a state the Confederacy wanted to add a slave state. This went back and forth until the Civil War began. The Union earned their income with industry and making many necessities, where the South relied heavily on tobacco, cotton, and the most problematic slavery. The South also wanted 3/5 of every slave to count as a man and be used to represent the state in Congressional matters. The Union would not agree with this what so ever and completely shut this idea down. The South had a lower population, had a small railroad system, did not produce much steel or iron, had less wealth, less valuable exports, less factories, but had the majority of all farmland in the United States. The education difference was a major difference too. The Northerners were more educated and had a much more to offer educationally. In the South they solely relied on the farm and what type of product it was producing. Even though the South did not have everything the North did, they were content and were not in the mood for any change at all. (civilwar.org)

Compare- The Union and the Confederate both had superior in training and education. They had to join an army. They both had the same guns. Some soldiers came from the same background and thought the war was stupid. They all ate salted pork or beef, coffee, sugar, salt vinegar, and dried fruits or vegetables.

The confederate army was much smaller than the Union. The Union Army had better artillery, and was able to manufacture their own artillery. The Confederate Army had to smuggle most of their artillery pieces into the country from foreign sources, and was made up very largely of non-immigrant soldiers. The general rank of the Confederacy was usually significantly superior in training and education. The South also had better cavalry, possibly because of a greater emphasis upon that branch of arms, and possibly because Southerners grew up in a horse culture and a large percentage of them knew how to ride from an early age.