[Colonel Kangaroo]

The reason the South is growing now is because the Union won the war. Under the old stagnant slave system, the South was losing ground.

With the large size of the Confederate states, they should have held on much longer. Jefferson Davis himself said towards the end that all the South lacked was will. But the South never was really united behind the CSA. Many were reluctant conscripts. many Southerners joined the Union army and many more would have if given the chance. Still more wished to be left alone. As NC's Confederate governor admitted, it was a revolution of the politicians and not the people.

[stainlessbanner]

First person I ever heard that thinks the CSA was larger and should have fought longer.

	CSA	Union
Population	9 million	22 million
Value of Improved Land	$2B	$5B
No. Textile Factories	150	900
No. Persons Manufacturing Clothing	2000	100,000
Import Value	$331M	$31M
Source: http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/civwar/confed.html *Numbers for 1860

[Heyworth]

Many were reluctant conscripts. many Southerners joined the Union army and many more would have if given the chance.

Apparently there were more southerners, black and white, in the Union army than there were in the confederate army.