How the Union took to the skies in the Civil War
The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...
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Rare Civil War Landmines Discovered – The Forgotten Weapons of History
These forgotten weapons are landmines we’re found metal detecting and used in the American Civil War and are a rare part of history that forever changed warfare. They were used by the Confederate Army ...
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Gun Timeline
1861 - Breech loaded guns in common use. 1861-1865 - American Civil War. Both breech and muzzle loaded guns used. 1862 - The Gatling Gun is invented. 1869 - Center-fire cartridge introduced.
Trump agenda sparks civil war fears and ‘more gun sales’
In a survey of survivalists experts provided to Secrets, 70% said that Trump is creating the landscape for civil war.
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Walt Whitman and the Civil War
Photograph showing Union soldiers with rifles at attention in front of the Capitol. May 13, 1861. Courtesy: Library of Congress Whitman was forty-two years old when the Civil War started.