<P> Unlike the Confederacy, the Union had a large industrialized and urbanized area (the Northeast), and more advanced commercial, transportation and financial systems than the rural South . Additionally, the Union states had a manpower advantage of 5 to 2 at the start of the war . </P> <P> Year by year, the Confederacy shrank and lost control of increasing quantities of resources and population . Meanwhile, the Union turned its growing potential advantage into a much stronger military force . However, much of the Union strength had to be used to garrison conquered areas, and to protect railroads and other vital points . The Union's great advantages in population and industry would prove to be vital long - term factors in its victory over the Confederacy, but it took the Union a long while to fully mobilize these resources . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Union states in the American Civil War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> California </Li> <Li> Connecticut </Li> <Li> Delaware </Li> <Li> Illinois </Li> <Li> Indiana </Li> <Li> Iowa </Li> <Li> Kansas </Li> <Li> Maine </Li> <Li> Maryland </Li> <Li> Massachusetts </Li> <Li> Michigan </Li> <Li> Minnesota </Li> <Li> Nevada </Li> <Li> New Hampshire </Li> <Li> New Jersey </Li> <Li> New York </Li> <Li> Ohio </Li> <Li> Oregon </Li> <Li> Pennsylvania </Li> <Li> Rhode Island </Li> <Li> Vermont </Li> <Li> West Virginia </Li> <Li> Wisconsin </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dual governments </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Kentucky </Li> <Li> Missouri </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territories and D.C. </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Arizona </Li> <Li> Colorado </Li> <Li> Dakota </Li> <Li> District of Columbia </Li> <Li> Idaho </Li> <Li> Indian Territory </Li> <Li> Montana </Li> <Li> Nebraska </Li> <Li> New Mexico </Li> <Li> Utah </Li> <Li> Washington </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Union states in the American Civil War </Th> </Tr>

States of the north during the civil war
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