<span>One sign that the south was exhausted after losses in 1863 is that they had very little in the way of uniforms. They also had very little food. Many southern soldiers were malnourished and starving. They were also very short on both weapons and munitions.</span>
<span>Stephen Douglas' action in introducing the Kansas/Nebraska bill in 1845 was a great miscalculation. The purpose was thought to improve farmers' ability to acquire new farms. It was also thought to promote a reason to create a Northwestern Transcontinental Railroad.</span>
