> because it was clear to everyone that the North was going to win from day 1 I don't know that this is true. I think that the Lost Cause movement has perpetua

> because it was clear to everyone that the North was going to win from day 1 I don't know that this is true. I think that the Lost Cause movement has perpetuated this based on pure numbers while ignoring all the other factors that could have impacted the outcome of the conflict. The North did have an overpowering industrial advantage, but that doesn't mean they had the desire to commit to a conflict. In fact, they spent the first 3 or 4 years of the war not committing fully. If the Revolutionary War had failed, I think we would say the same thing about that, but a war is a complicated thing and I would never say an outcome is "clear to everyone". Clearly France saw some advantage in undermining an enemy, despite Britain's advantage over the colonies.