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The South had no factories to produce guns or ammunition and it railroads were small, meaning that it was hard for the South to move food, weapons, and men quickly over long distances.
A war of unequals
Agriculture thrived in the South. Planters focused on cash crops like tobacco and cotton and did not produce enough food to feed the southern population.
The Civil War was not a contest between equals.