![]() As said, all wars show leaps in technology but the War of Northern Aggression had loads of new raw technology to be utilized & developed by both sides. Can you imagine the ironclads, Virginia & Monitor slugging it out with men on their decks handling sails? The only invention I can think of that didn't use really new technology was the Confederate submarine, Hunley. All wars bring out the inventors & they had all those new developments to play with & technology evolves in leaps & bounds as people try to find better ways to kill each other in "civilized" warfare. The timing was right with steam power, mass production, interchangeable parts, factory rifling, DC electricity etc. Thanks for posting this, it's always great to learn about history. My husband used to say that the American Civil War was the start of how modern warfare started, I would like to know if people on this forum think the same way as him. I love my history and your write up is very interesting, coming from the other side of the pond I have read very little on the American Civil War. Hi AmericanSwords, I don't know anything about swords, but I can see this is quality. I will add some more swords from time to time.thank you! I hope that you will share more of your collection. One of the nicest presentation swords for a company grade officer that I have seen- GO presentation swords are another level! Is there a reason we can't see the engraving on the blade? ![]() Possibly the finest presentation sword I've seen.
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