Advantages And Disadvantages Of The American Civil War

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Beginning in 1865 the american civil war was a political war between the differences of the north and south. Slavery created many of these differences along with the economic differences. The war was somewhat dependent on what side was able to take the advantages that they had and expose it to give them the greatest benefit. Both sides had their set of advantages and disadvantages, the north was able to capture the power of african americans and could grow more crops to feed their troops. Overall the Union captured what they saw as an advantage and exposed it to the point that it made winning the war a little easier. Lincoln and his military advisers developed a war strategy based on geography. One key geographical feature of the south is