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Why would it be important to have an advantage in population in civil war?

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because that’s the first time the us had a wartime draft, they could basically force any man who was over 18 to join the army, more people=more people to fight for you
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Answer : in the early battles of the Civil War, the South inflicted a lot more casualties on the North while keeping their numbers relatively low. But the North could handle those kinds of losses; it had more people to replace the multiple thousands killed on the battlefield. For the South, time was not on its side

Explanation:hope it helps

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