Why the North was better than the South?

The North had a greater industrial advantage. The Confederacy had only one-ninth the industrial capacity of the Union. In 1860, the North manufactured 97% of the country firearms, 96% of its railroads, 94% of it cloth, 93% of its pig iron and over 90% of its boots and shoes.



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Southern chances were always bad. The North had more men, resources, railroads and a navy. The South could have won if the North came to terms in 1862. However, by 1863, the South had physically lost the war and only way the South could win was if, and only if, the North lost its nerve.

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Before the Civil War the South was one of the richest regions in the world, standing just behind Britain and the Northern states. More than half of the richest one percent of Americans were Southerners.

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