Compare and contrast the economic and military advantages of both the North and the South on the eve of the Civil War.

In 1861,
the northern states had a population of twenty-one million. The southern states had about nine
million people, three and a half million of whom were slaves. Throughout the war, the South had
to worry about a slave uprising, a fear that the North frequently promoted.

The North was also much more industrialized than the South. It produced over ninety
percent of the country's textiles, metalworks, and nearly all the firearms. The North was also
much more connected by train, having over twice the density of railways. This meant that the
North had a larger pool to recruit soldiers and the ability to outfit them and move troops and
supplies quickly and efficiently.

Despite the greater population in the
North, the Confederacy was able to recruit an army of nearly equal size at the outset of the
conflict. This was likely because the cause of the war was more personal to many Southerners and
it was mostly fought on Southern soil. However, the North was able to replace casualties
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