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These are some effects on the civil war

FAMILIES families and friends were often pitted against one another

TROOPS southern troops became increasingly younger and more poorly equiped and clothed

RICHMOND AND ATLANTA Much of the South was devastated at the end of the war (the burning of Atlanta and richmond)

DISEASE diesease was a major killer

RED CROSS CLARA BARTON (IMPORTANT) a civil war nurse, created the American Red Cross

COMBAT combat was brutal and often man-to-man

MONEY The collapse of the confederacy made confederate money worthless

SOUTHERN WOMEN Women were left to run businesses in the North and farms and plantations in the South

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