The Civil War was a bloody and ferocious war that alienated two regions and pitted family member against family member or friend against friend. Despite popular belief that the war would be swift, in reality it was not. Thousands of men were lost in these battles and the lives of these soldiers and citizens would never be the same after experiencing Shiloh or Antietam. The Union was led by President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant while the Confederacy was supported by President Jefferson Davis and General Robert E. Lee. Although the Union had a seemingly endless supply of sturdy men and supplies, it lacked the tactful generals that the Confederacy had. If the Confederates had had the amount of supplies that the North had assembled, the Union already had a stable and powerful government and without the South's opposing views, more business laws could have been passed to boost their economy. The northern states were already self-sufficient. However, the citizens would suffer great pain and loss from losing such a bloody war and their most hated custom still existed, slavery. However, I assume that another war would break out between the two countries over the issue of slavery because the Union had strong opposition to it that would most likely not be pacified unless the institution was completely abolished. The two needed each other because the South provided raw materials that were used to make finished products that the country and others could use, at a profit to both. As demonstrated by the many brutal battles of the Civil War, both sides were intelligent and tactful in how they fought and evaded the other army, so together as one country they would, without a doubt, be an intimidating army. Ultimately, the countries would unite once again, even if the Confederates had won