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The Rumblings of War

The Rumblings of War. Comparing the North and the South Thoughts of War Military Strategy. The North Strengths. The North outnumbers the South with more men The North has factories that can produce weapons, uniforms and supplies needed for war. The North Strengths.

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The Rumblings of War

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  1. The Rumblings of War Comparing the North and the South Thoughts of War Military Strategy

  2. The North Strengths • The North outnumbers the South with more men • The North has factories that can produce weapons, uniforms and supplies needed for war

  3. The North Strengths • The North has double the number of railroad tracks • The North has the largest navy and almost all the arsenals are in the North • The North is wealthy

  4. The South Strengths • Most military officers are well trained and well experienced at war • Southerners are going to fight harder because they well be fighting on Southern soil

  5. The South Strengths • The South has cotton which supplies Northern factories • Cotton is also sold to the England and France, the South believes that they will become allies and recognize the South as a nation

  6. The North and the South Thoughts on War • Both believe in what they are fighting for is a noble cause • Men from both sides rush to join the army to prove their manhood • War is romanticized

  7. The North and the South • Both sides feel that they can win the war • Actually both sides felt that the war would be over in a couple months • The north and south are split on cultural differences and out of loyalty to there regions • Southerners have been raised in a culture of hunting and survival • Northerners have limited experience in the outdoors in comparison to Southerners

  8. The Industrial Revolution and Warfare • Firearms • Revolvers have five shots or more • Rifles can shoot farther and accurately

  9. The Industrial Revolution and Warfare • Cannons • Howitzers lob large shells over obstacles • Rifled cannons fire great distances and are accurate

  10. Defensive positions • Trenches protected soldiers from enemy fire • Foxholes

  11. Ironclad gunboats • Naval gunship made with steel sides • Armed with numerous cannons

  12. Northern Strategy: The Anaconda Plan • Union plans were to strangle southern ports from selling cotton to foreign countries and buying weapons too • Needed to destroy the Southern will to fight by invasion and destruction of will to fight

  13. Southern Strategy:Time and Defense • Southern forces needed to provide early and spectacular victories to show foreign allies south capable of winning • Victories would sap northern ability to continue fight

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