Although they did not win, the South also had some advantages. Stanchak also states, “...the South rudimentary road and rail network made logistics a nightmare for any invading army” (Stanchak 55). Since there were undeveloped road and railroad systems, it was a challenge to travel in the South. According to the film “America: The Story of Us”, both sides advanced technologically. The Minié ball was used during the war, it was a special bullet to severely injure its target. The telegraph was used a lot by President Lincoln to send and receive messages on the war faster rather than messaging using the pony express which would take weeks. …show more content…
Authors Martin P. Claussen and Eric J. Morser declared, “The president, however, defended his position in a series of open letters and continued to arrest anti war protesters, even after 3 March 1863, when federal lawmakers required the government to release or subject political prisoners to regular or judicial procedure” (Claussen and Morser 284). Lincoln changed the rules citizens lived by. He didn’t allow people to protests although that was unconstitutional. Also he defended himself for putting people in jail without trial for fighting politically. There were a lot of significant changes because of the