The South's Foreshadowed Defeat
It was well recognized that Abraham Lincoln took his presidency serious. Including the goals that he purposed to accomplished and tried his best to fulfill them. Two important reasons from Abraham Lincoln (which eventually led to the Civil War) were: forming unity among the union as well as freeing the slaves. The disagreement and distinct regions between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South), overpowered the similarity they had of being from the same country. The Civil War was one of the most deadliest wars in history that lasting about four years. Although, both the North and the South had advantages those that the South believed would led them to victory such as; trained soldiers, prepared leaders and economic stability, had in time led to their defeat.
To begin, with the first advantage the Confederacy displayed over the Union was the leading experience. The South had reasons to believe that this would be a powerful element, since Abraham Lincoln had no experience in military training. Even though, this seemed to be a beneficial factor to succeed at war, it wasn’t. Jefferson Davis was doing a terrible job, he failed
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They felt secure that the Confederacy soldiers had the benefit of prepared troops. Those who were raised in the South had the opportunity to learn skills with guns and riding horses, which prepared them for battle. Whereas the Union troops were industrial workers whom had not been prepared. They assumed that since the Union were conquering land they had to leave soldiers behind at some point to protect the land conquest. In which the Confederacy believed it was reasonable to wait, until the North became vulnerable and surrender. Which this plan didn't result during war, because they assumed that surviving and being experienced would be enough. Though their lost at war also resulted, because their was an outnumbered ratio from the