Think balloons for reconnaisance.
The Union only used them from 1861 through 1863--I guess they were too awkward to supply and use.
The Confederates had one too, made of silk dresses, but it was captured by the USS Maratanza on July 4, 1862.
Think balloons for reconnaisance.
The Union only used them from 1861 through 1863--I guess they were too awkward to supply and use.
The Confederates had one too, made of silk dresses, but it was captured by the USS Maratanza on July 4, 1862.
Shelby Foote explained the (possibly) 700,000 deaths in the Civil War as a failure of tactics to keep pace with technology. Rifles and ammo were a big part of it, but telegraphs, balloons, trains, and iron-clad ships played their parts too.
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