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This 3-page paper focuses on the Civil War, and how the North had problems during the early days of this conflict. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The North beat the South quite handily, mainly because the North had the industrial factories (and, it seemed, an endless supply of fighting men) whereas the South lacked both. The
North also had other resources, such as a better transportation system, a larger population and a stronger Constitution (American Civil War). But
was it really that simple? How did the North organize itself as early as 1861 to win the Civil War? And how did amateurism and confusion almost impact the mobilization
of the armies? The North, it could be said, didnt necessarily set itself up to win at first through armies (especially in
1861), but rather, through the Northern media. McPherson notes that "most northerners refused to condone disunion" (McPherson 246), and the media in the North happily took up that philosophy, running
scathing editorials against the Southern secession. The editorials and speeches at the time also echoed the theme that the Federal Constitution was to take precedent over anything else, with the
"laws of the United States" being the absolute laws of the land (McPherson 246). The end result was that by the time Congress (in the North) reconvened during December of
1861, it was with a determination to covert the "rebel States into a wilderness" (McPherson 249). While the North was eager
to let a little blood to whip the "Rebel States" into line, it wasnt necessarily all that easy. For one thing, at the time, the U.S. Army consisted of only
16,000 men which was "scattered over two thousand miles of frontier," while most of the Naval power was off patrolling other areas (McPherson 250). In fact, at the time, the
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