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in short, from agricultural to industrial and from rural to urban
Migrated to urban areas in vast numbers
The basic problem with labor in the South after the Civil War was that nobody was around to do it. The South was very rural and without any slaves around, it was hard to find workers.
rural area have more farms
Some of the best officers of the US Army had resigned to join the Confederates.Traditional advantage in cavalry - most young Southerners could ride and shootOfficer class - the army was a more natural choice of career for sons of rural landowners than in the industrial North.Rank-&-file - a more soldierlike breed, a generally aggressive kind of peopleHome-ground advantage - most battles were on terrain unfamiliar to the enemyStronger war-mission - to defend the homeland against the invader.Their Presidentwould not have to face an election in mid-war, as Lincoln did.Prospect of recognition and military aid from Britain and France.