in this style. Some of the famous battles fought in this style are Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Antietam, and Chancellorsville. Here is an account of Picketts Charge during the battle of Gettysburg, which exemplifies Napoleonic warfare:Longstreet ordered a concentration of Confederate artilleryto soften up the enemy at the point of attack. For almost two hours an artillery dual among nearly 300 guns filled the Pennsylvania countryside [Then] With parade-ground precision, Picketts three brigades moved out It was a magnificent mile-wide spectacle. This style of battle may have worked, at times, for the Confederacy. However, in the long run, it would lead to the Souths defeat.The North had a preponderance of resources that are needed to conduct a war of European style. In order to conduct a war, a government needs men to fight and an economy that can be suited for wartime production. For wartime production to be efficient, there needs to be available labor, transportation, communication, natural resources, and foodstuff. The North had a larger population, more fighting age men, more railroad and canals, and more factories that could produce materiel. For example, the North had 5,832,128 draft animals (horses, mules, and asses) compared to 2,928,494 in the South. Furthermore, in 1840, the South had 44 percent of the nations railroad lines. By 1850, the more rapid pace of northern construction made the Souths railroad line percentage drop to 26 percent. During the 1850s, the Northern railroad companies laid another 21,000 miles of track, dwarfing the amount in the South. These two examples are among countless other numerical advantages that the North enjoyed over the South.The attrition of the Civil War depleted Southern manpower. The many battles and campaigns of the Civil War had a great effect on the population of the South. At the Battle of Shiloh, the Confederacy lost 10,700 men. During the Peninsular Campaign the Con...
