Advantages of the North and South in Civil War Both the north and south had many advantages during the Civil War. However, the north didn’t just win the war by chance, they still had more major advantages that the south did not have. The south had many advantages as follows. Firstly, the south had many of the best officers in the whole country. A lot of America’s best military leaders and commanders supported the South, which held as a major advantage for them. Another advantage the South had was that they would be fighting on their own land with their local people as well, while the north had to leave their land and move down to invade in the southern land. The third advantage the south had was that they were very skilled in battle
