Compare And Contrast Union Vs Confederate

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Did you the know the civil war was the bloodiest war in America? On average, 600 people were killed each day and throughout the war, 618,000 people were killed. But do you know who won? Based on a close reading with graphs, charts, and maps, the Union must have won. The Union was more than half the size of the Confederate. Moreover, the Union had more soldiers than its enemy. Also, the Union had a larger manufacturing output. Hence, the Union had more advantages during the war so they must have won.

In the document, Close Read: Union vs Confederacy, Figure 1-Map of the Union and Confederacy shows the states that seceded before and after April 15, 2861, and states that permitted and forbade slavery. The northern and southern states divided

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