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Confederates - by far. Sumter was a tiny garrison, and although Lincoln was planning to keep it supplied, there was no realistic prospect of manning it strongly enough to resist the Confederate troops.
Surely you jest because as a major slave holding state it was certainly allied with the Confederate States of America and it seceded from the Union in January of 1861 and had Montgomery as the first Capital of the Confederacy.
The Union had far greater industrial production than the Confederacy, in many ways this helped the Union, not the least of which was in weapons production. Another way this helped were the quantity of textile mills that could produce supplies for soldiers.
The Union ( North ) had a number of advantages over the Confederacy that continued to remain advantages for the following reasons: 1. The Union's advantage in manufacturing remained because most of the Union's factories were well out of reach from the Confederate Army. Robert E. Lee's attempt to capture Harrisburg Pennsylvania as example failed. The Union as well as the North did not expect anymore Confederate advances. 2. The Union's advantage in warships was immense compared to the South's. It would take a very long time for the Confederacy to catch up. Also, the Northern shipyards were well protected and had the ability to build more ships as needed. 3. The Union's population was far greater than that of the South. This was a large pool of possible soldiers. This advantage remained and there was no chance of this Northern advantage to be reduced. 4. Farmlands in the North, most of them, were out of reach from Confederate forces. This would remain so as the North had control of farmlands and cattle ranches in most of the Territories as well. The South's farm base was available to be attacked by the North and was.
The Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.). By far. And the most civilian deaths by far.