Civil War: Strengths/Weaknesses

	North	South
Strategies	The Anaconda Plan	to attack major Northern cities
Strengths	Industrial advantage Greater population Had twice the density of railroads per square mile Controlled the navy	Same size army Could produce all the food it needed Seven of the eight military colleges established armories and foundries in several states greatest strength lay in the fact that it was fighting on the defensive in its own territory
Weaknesses	Had to conquer a large area to bring South back in the Union Invading unfamiliar land	Very few factories. Few railroads. Small population
Leaders	Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant	Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee