Third Grade
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Aftermath of the Civil War
The North and South fared differently after the Civil War. Most of the war had been fought in the South. This area of the country was damaged a lot more than the North. It struggled for years to rebuild just some of what it had had before the war.
Families also suffered because of the war. The South had seen more than three hundred sixty thousand soldiers killed. One out of every three men in the South had been killed or wounded. These men were husbands, brothers, and sons. Many of them were also farm owners.
Those that had survived weren't always well. Some had survived the amputation of an arm or a leg. They could no longer work on farms as they had before. Others had mental problems. War affected men in different ways. Some men suffered nightmares or flashbacks to that terrible time. Many struggled with these issues for the rest of their lives.
The land and buildings in the South had also been badly damaged. Nine thousand miles of railroad had been destroyed. General Sherman had damaged much of it on his march to the sea.
