Union's Defeat In The Civil War

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If the names of the Civil War dead were arranged like the names on the Vietnam Memorial, it would stretch over 10 times the wall’s length (www.history.com.) The Civil War was the bloodiest war in the history of the United States. Although hundreds of thousands of American lives were lost, America now remains a free and indivisible nation. The Union was victorious in the Civil War because they dominated in amount of troops, resources, and technological advancements. The Union was victorious in the Civil War because they had a significant amount more of soldiers and population than the south. In all, the Union had about 500,000 more soldiers than the south (Document 4). As a result, the Union had an advantage over the South because they could