Why the North Won the Civil War
As many understand now, the Confederacy’s economy was based almost entirely on what it could produce agriculturally. Essentially, the economy was built on the backs of slaves and when the war began, there was only one iron foundry south of the Mason Dixon line. Confederate leaders remained sure this, as well as cotton and other agricultural endeavors would be enough to see the states through the war and beyond. They may have been correct in believing this at the time, as Britain relied heavily on the cotton resources to continue their textile industries, and Confederate leaders assumed if ...
