Advantages and Disadvantages for North and South
Military
Military established with 313 officers left the
officers already. Union to join the
2/3 of the officers Confederate army.
decided to stay as part of 7 of the 8 military
the Union army. colleges the United
States had in 1860 were
in the South.
Large number of officers
allowed the South to
quickly organize.
North South
Southern Military
Navy
¾ of the naval officers Mississippi River.
were Northern. New Orleans
Almost all merchant One shipyard.
sailors were from the
North.
Most ships and remained
in North.
All but 1 shipyard
remained in North.
North South
Northern Navy
Population-Attrition Advantage
Population—22 million Population—9 million
More people to draw 1/3 of population
from to fight enslaved.
Left South with fewer
people to fight, and even
fewer people to support
the war effort.
North South
Union Population
Industry
More than 90% of the One factory capable of
country’s clothing, boots, making Cannons,
and shoes were Tredegar Iron Works.
produced in the North. No facilities to make
93% of the pig iron came gunpowder.
from the North. By 1862 the South could
Du Pont factory in produce enough
Delaware made most of weapons, gunpowder
the gun powder. and ammo to meet its
needs.
North South
Ammo plant in North
Food Production
Although the South
produced lots of cash
crops, food production
was also easy for the
South.
North South
Chow time with the
Confederates
Rail System
North had at least double South had one major line
the rail lines. connecting the West and
Lack of Southern lines Eastern Confederacy.
made it easy for Troop movement and
Northern troops to food movement was
disrupt. easily disrupted.
North South
Rail lines in
North and
South.
Financial System
National Treasury Taxing trade
Tariffs Planters were in debt
Banks with cash and unable to buy bonds
reserves Banks had little reserve
Created legal currency Resorted to taxing
and began to print people directly
money. Printed money and
“greenbacks” caused inflation
North South
Greenbacks
Government
Lincoln’s goal was to Constitution limited what
preserve the Union-NOT the central power could
abolish slavery. do.
Created a rift between Conscription caused a
Democrats. rift between Davis and
Conscription caused riots his VP Alexander
in several Democratic Stephens.
districts.
North South
Diplomacy
Wanted the European Wanted the British to
powers to respect the declare the blockade
blockade on the South. illegal and use their navy
Wanted other countries to break the blockade.
to continue to recognize Wanted to be recognized
the US and one country. as a republic by France
and Britain and offered to
stop selling cotton to
those countries until they
recognized the CSA.
North South
Northern Blockade of South
Strategy
Defensive war of
“Anaconda Plan”— attrition—choose battles
blockade the South and smartly. Attack where
they wanted and retreat
send gunboats down the
before losing to many
Mississippi. This would men.
divide the South and
Belief is this would force
eventually they would the Union to use
run out of resources and resources until they
surrender. became tired of the war
and were willing to
negotiate.
North South
Anaconda Plan