Stats and Strategies

In my info-graphic I tried to add the most vital information to show who had the advantage, either the north or the south.  The first fact I chose was the railroads.  The north had 21,700 miles of railroad and the south had 9,000 miles of railroad.  This gives the north the advantage because they could ship things farther.  If their soldiers need more supplies they can reach them with no problem.  The second point I added in my info-graphic was the total population.  There were 23,000,000 people in the north and there were 8,700,000 people in the south.  This gives an advantage to the north because most likely the north had more soldiers.  Also I added that the south had an advantage because they had the nations military colleges in the south and most of their officers sided with the confederacy.  This means they had more highly trained soldiers than the north.  Strategy gave an advantage to the north in my opinion.  One of the strategies by Lincoln was to create a blockade at all naval ports down the east coast all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.  This was to stop the south from shipping cotton to Europe and stop southerners from importing manufactured goods they needed.  This cut off it's biggest money maker and didn't let them get the things they needed.  Money was a big part of the Civil War.  The north crushed the south in this category.  The north produced 1.5 billion dollars in manufactured goods and the south only produced 1.5 million dollars in manufactured goods.  This gives the north the freedom to spend more money on the supplies they needed.  This process helped me understand the situations faced by the Union and Confederacy at the start of the civil war.  For example I had no idea how much goes into the war before looking at this information.  Comparing these stats and strategies shows that the north definitely had the advantage entering the war.  Both sides had to deal with many situations before the war.  They had to worry about money to fund the war.  They had to get people to fight, and they also needed transportation to send there soldiers places and go to them if help is needed.  People definitely underestimate everything. that goes into consideration before a war.

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