The war was not fair because the South had several advantages. Many of the best officers in the Confederate Army were in the South. The reasons stated above proved to be …show more content…
merchant marine fleet and naval ships, an already established government and new how to function and work together, North's moral cause through the Emancipation Proclamation given to the war by President Lincoln which encouraged international support to the North, North recruited black men, including many freed slaves, into the Union Army after the Emancipation Proclamation was approved, The South started doing it as well after awhile but it was not as evident or successful as the North, South squander their ed resources on early conventional offensives instead of using non-conventional warfare against the North’s communication transportation infrastructure, The North got support from other world powers whereas the South did not. “War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible.” -Abraham