The Civil war was the bloodiest war in American history. The South had many advantages at the beginning of the war but they were short term advantages. The South relied heavily on trade from the North but didn't realize it until the North stopped buying their cotton. The North had population and industry on their side of the war. The problem with the North is that not all northerners wanted to go to war. The …showed first 75 words of 757 total…

…showed last 75 words of 757 total…won the war after 4 years of fighting. The North had advantages like industry and population while the South had advantages like fighting a defensive war and the citizens were bred to fight. The war took so long because of Southern pride and because of the northern cautiousness. The North were misinformed about the Southerners and what they were capable of so they feared they could win the war if the north took too many chances.