What were the differences between farms in the Norwest, West, and South?

Farms tended to be small. With few exceptions, crops grown in the northeast never went more than a few miles from where they were grown. ... Southern farmers have a much longer growing season allowing for multiple harvest dates and a very wide range of crops.

on the morning of  july 21,  1861, general mcdowell ordered the  unionarmy to attack. it was on this hill that  confederate  colonel thomas jackson and his forces held back theunion  troops.