1. Advantages & Disadvantages
NORTH vs. SOUTH

3. NORTH - ADVANTAGES
Population - 22 million to draw soldiers and workers
Vast network of roads, canals, and 22,000 miles of railroad tracks - move soldiers and supplies through the North
More money - developed economy, banking system and currency
More factories - produce more weapons and supplies
Already have a Navy

4. NORTH - DISADVANTAGES Fighting on unfamiliar territory
Lacking military experience - school teachers, farmers, and laborers had to learn the basics of combat

5. SOUTH - ADVANTAGES Strong military tradition - many brilliant officers
Southern farmers provided food for the troops
Only needed to defend itself while the North got tired of fighting -
“War of Attrition”
Fighting for their way of life

6. SOUTH - DISADVANTAGES
Population only 9 million - 4 million of those were slaves (5.5 million)
Less developed banking system and less money - had to start printing Confederate money & some states printed their own currency
Only 9,000 miles of RR tracks

7. War Strategy South North - 2 Part
Destroy the South’s economy with a naval blockade of southern ports - Anaconda Plan
Gain control of the Miss. River to divide the South
South
Hoped to wear down the North - War of Attrition
Capture Washington D.C.
Wanted to win foreign allies through “Cotton Diplomacy”

8. Anaconda Plan - Union

10. Helping the Troops
Civilians helped soldiers by raising money, providing aid for soldiers and their families, and ran emergency rooms
U.S. Sanitary Commission (North) - volunteers worked to send bandages, medicines, and food to Union army camps and hospitals
3,000 women served as nurses in the Union army