Advantages+and+Disadvantages+of+the+South+during+the+Civil+War

 = = Advantages and Disadvantages of the South during the Civil War Confederate (South) Flag One disadvantage, that the South had to face during the Civil War, was that they were less populated than the North. The North had twenty-two million people, while the South had only nine million people. The North had a larger army with more soldiers.

 An advantage that the South had over the North was that the South had better military leaders including Robert E. Lee, Joseph Johnston, and "Stonewall" Jackson. Another advantage that the South had was that they were fighting at home. When the North invaded the South, the Confederates (the South) were more familiar with the land. They were closer to their families, and were more determined because they were protecting their home. A disadvantage that the South had was that they had to send away overseas for their goods. The North made their goods on their own land so they were more prepared in supplying for their soldiers. Another disadvantage for the South, was the they had a large slave population. The South had to worry that the slaves might want to rebel, to help the North.

A big disadvantage that the South had was that North had a better transportation network that was used to get supplies to the soldiers quickly. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'clearlyroman', 'serif';">The North had many advantages over the South, including that at sea the North was more dominant and their army was better trained and better supplied. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Advantage that helped the South was that they had a good economy because they grew cotton, which Europe needed.

Although the South had some advantages, the North had more and ultimately won the Civil War.

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">This was a great website that had many examples of the advantages and disadvantages of both the North and South, during the Civil War. I got most of my information from here.---> http://www.socyberty.com/History/The-Advantages-and-Disadvantages-of-the-Both-Sides-During-the-Civil-War.74002 <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">This is the link for the Confederate flag. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://americanfootsteps.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/rebel_flag2.jpg <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is another website that I got information from. http://americancivilwar.com/authors/historical.html