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Weapons And Communication During The American Civil War

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The American Civil War is often referred to as the original "modern" war. For the first time in America, technological innovations had integrated seamlessly with the war effort. With the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, the Civil War had officially just begun. Neither side believed it would be a long war, nor that it would be the deadliest war in all of American history.
Weapons and communications were revolutionizing the way the war was fought. Information was passed on almost instantaneously via the telegraph. Soldiers and ammunition were transported across the country in a matter of days, rather than weeks, with the help of the ever-expanding railroad tracks. Even newly upgraded hot air balloons were being used for artillery reconnaissance,
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