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The Cost of War

 * Confederate
 * 260,000 dead and wounded
 * Union
 * 360,000 dead
 * 275,000 wounded

The Union lost more but where able to resupply their men

Legacy

 * Income tax is brought up during the Civil War.
 * The North becomes thoroughly industrialized, while the South's economy is destroyed.
 * The Transcontinental Railroad is created to link East to West.
 * 13th Amendment abolishes slavery (January 1865).