During the American Civil War, the south Confederate States is
way below the northern Union in terms of economy. The North has an established industrial
and agricultural base with lots of transport infrastructure. Meanwhile, the
South has mainly agrarian-based economy with little manufacturing, and it only
has the Mississippi river as its main waterway. Manufacturing is crucial for production
of goods and arms, and the North has 5 times the number of factories as the
South (5:1).
