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    Strategic geography

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    The Union faced the geographical burden of invading, occupying and pacifying a vast, hostile Southern landmass, which negated many early material advantages.
    AQA · 2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1877 – The War, 1861–1865 (A-level only) (study guide)

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