Why the North Won the US Civil War
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'You Are Bound to Fail.'
Union officer William Tecumseh Sherman to a Southern friend:
In all history, no nation of mere agriculturists ever
made successful war against a nation of mechanics. . . .
You are bound to fail. (Catton, Glory Road 241)
The American antebellum South, though steeped in pride and raised in
military tradition, was to be no match for the burgeoning superiority of
the rapidly developing North in the coming Civil War. The lack of
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…New York: Doubleday, 1981. 'Civil War.' Encyclopedia Americana. 1987 ed. 'Civil War.' World Book Encyclopedia. 1981 ed. 'Cotton.' World Book Encyclopedia. 1981 ed. Furnas, J.C.. The Americans: A Social History of the United States 1587-1914. New York: Putnam, 1969. Jones, Donald C. Telephone Interview. 28 Feb. 1993. 'Industrial Revolution.' World Book Encyclopedia. 1981 ed. Paludan, Philip Shaw. A People's Contest. New York: Harper, 1988. Randall, J.G., and David Herbert Donald. The Civil War and Reconstruction. Lexington, Massachusetts: Heath, 1969.
