How had the civil war affected life in louisiana by the end of the conflict? check all that apply. infrastructure was destroyed in a number of areas. many soldiers had died, leaving their families behind. most enslaved people had not been freed and remained enslaved. union forces had lost control of louisiana and left the state. the farms and plantations had lost their source of free labor.

By the end of the Civil War, Louisiana had been devastated. Infrastructure was destroyed in a number of areas, since the Union armies left devastation in their wake as they advanced. The population decreased enormously: many soldiers had died, leaving their families behind without sustenance. Most importantly, the entire economic structure of the state collapsed: farms and plantations had lost their source of free labor and the cotton trade on which New Orleans depended for its wealth was completely disrupted.