The Civil War was a bloody and vicious war that alienated two regions and pitted family against family or friends against friends . Despite popular belief that the war would be quick, it was not. Thousands of men were lost in these battles and the lives of these soldiers and citizens will 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. While the Union had a seemingly inexhaustible supply of able-bodied men and supplies, it lacked the tactful generals that the Confederacy had. If the Confederates had the amount of supplies that the North had gathered, the Union already had a stable and powerful government and without the opposing views of the South, more business laws could be passed to stimulate their economy. The Northern states were already self-sufficient. However, the citizens would have suffered much grief and loss from losing such a bloody war and their most hated custom still existed, slavery. Nonetheless, I suspect 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 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, benefiting both. As the many brutal battles of the Civil War show, both sides demonstrated intelligence and tact in the way they fought and evaded the other army, so that together, as one country, they would undoubtedly form an intimidating army. Eventually, the countries would have united again, even if the Confederates were victorious.