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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure the south lost because of the 3:1 soldier advantage, and besides Lee the North had all the best military leaders and experience. Some say the industrial output of the north mattered more, but truth is the south had plenty of weapons but no people to use them.