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It’s all about manufacturing capacity and agricultural output:
“The North, by contrast, was well on its way toward a commercial and manufacturing economy, which would have a direct impact on its war making ability. By 1860, 90 percent of the nation's manufacturing output came from northern states. The North produced 17 times more cotton and woolen textiles than the South, 30 times more leather goods, 20 times more pig iron, and 32 times more firearms. The North produced 3,200 firearms to every 100 produced in the South. Only about 40 percent of the Northern population was still engaged in agriculture by 1860, as compared to 84 percent of the South.
Even in the agricultural sector, Northern farmers were out-producing their southern counterparts in several important areas, as Southern agriculture remained labor intensive while northern agriculture became increasingly mechanized. By 1860, the free states had nearly twice the value of farm machinery per acre and per farm worker as did the slave states, leading to increased productivity. As a result, in 1860, the Northern states produced half of the nation's corn, four-fifths of its wheat, and seven-eighths of its oats.”
Summary
North had 4/5 nations wheat
1/2 corn
7/8 oats
2x farm machinery
20x iron
32 firearms for every 1
2 cannon for every 1
9/10 rail and trains
4 men for every 1
Most amazingly 17 bales of cotton for every 1 the south could make!
So considering this Lee did an amazing job. Look at how Biden and his WOKE Generals were defeated by an even weaker opponent than the South was compared to the North!!!
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