[DiogenesLamp]

But the North’s success over the Confederacy was abetted substantially by it’s great industrial and agricultural capacity.

Do not dispute that at all, but it was their ability to replace losses that was primarily responsible for the win.

[Bull Snipe]

Of course, the Confederacy ignored 1 million man pool that could have been used to replace their losses. The Southerners preferred to keep them slaves. The North used these same men to fill their ranks and man their ships.