Factors Contributing to the Confederacy’s Loss of the Civil

Secondly, another problem the Confederacy faced was the shortage of resources and supplies. When there were stalemates, the North clearly knew it was a tremendous gain for them because they had more soldiers. Even counting slaves, who obviously could not be expected to fight to protect, the South's manpower was nothing compared to that of the North's. Because its economy is largely based on cotton, the South faced the a few problems the North did not have to. The North might have lost more men, but because of its massiveness in number, the North was progressing in regards to the war as a whole, just because the South could not afford the casualties since “war is expensive. Although the South had better-trained soldiers, it was not able to suffer from the assault of inexperienced Union soldiers. Next, the North received aid from the federal government, making them more advantageous to the South. Secondly, the cotton production was indeed greater than that of the North’s; however, the South did not have the capacity to produce textiles from raw materials. The Union army used this to its full advantage. Primarily, the South lacked modern factories that could produce weapons, therefore the Confederacy army not only lacked in numbers; they also lacked the weapons and ammunitions needed for combat. These conflicts the North did not have to face were the reason why the North was destined to win the war. Because the South lacked men, it was not able to suffer unnecessary causalities; therefore every battle was crucial to the Confederacy’s existence.

The foremost problem facing the Confederacy during the Civil War was the inadequate manpower. Consequently, the South was not able to afford loses or even stalemates because anything but dominations would be the North’s gain.