Originally Posted by Sinfix_15
The north won because it controlled all of the industry and had a much higher population, therefore more and better equipped soldiers. The turning point of the war took place outside a small PA town that had a shoe factory. I'll let you guess what the name of the little town was. There was actually very little support for the war in the North, in fact, the upper class were 'importing' people from Europe to fight in their place if not simply buying out of the draft all together.
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