and rifles in 1862 which by the last year of the war i i had had given union cavalry and some union infantry a great advantage in tactical combat and as you said, lincoln was instrumental in getting john ericsson the contract for the monitor, and spent a great deal of time at the navy yard with john dahlgren, inventor of the foremost naval gun, watching the testing of the naval guns at the washington naval yard. he also went up to west pointe in june of 1862 and watched the test of parent rifle cannon at the cold spring army, which is just across the hudson river from west pointe. so lincoln was very much open and on top of the changing technology of warfare, and did, in fact, play a creative role in getting more advanced weaponry for the union army and navy. what about davis? davis is less hands-on than lincoln but i think every bit as interested in the potential of technology, and innovation and indeed in almost any conflict in history the underdog is the one who is mos
last year of the war i i had had given union cavalry and some union infantry a great advantage in tactical combat and as you said, lincoln was instrumental in getting john ericsson the contract for the monitor, and spent a great deal of time at the navy yard with john dahlgren, inventor of the foremost naval gun, watching the testing of the naval guns at the washington naval yard. he also went up to west pointe in june of 1862 and watched the test of parent rifle cannon at the cold spring army, which is just across the hudson river from west pointe. so lincoln was very much open and on top of the changing technology of warfare, and did, in fact, play a creative role in getting more advanced weaponry for the union army and navy. what about davis? davis is less hands-on than lincoln but i think every bit as interested in the potential of technology, and innovation and indeed in almost any conflict in history the underdog is the one who is most likely to be willing to try an
of spencer repeating carbines and rifles in 1862 which by the last year of the war i i had had given union cavalry and some union infantry a great advantage in tactical combat and as you said, lincoln was instrumental ain getting john ericsson the contract for the monitor, and spent a great deal of time at the navy yard with john dahlgren, inventor of the foremost naval gun, watching the testing of the naval guns at the washington naval yard. he also went up to west pointe in june of 1862 and watched the test of parent rifle cannon at the cold spring army, which is just across the hudson river from west pointe. so lincoln was very much open and on top of the changing technology of warfare, and did, in fact, play a creative role in getting more advanced weaponry for the union army and navy. what about davis? davis is less hands-on than lincoln but i think every bit as interested in the potential of technology, and innovation and indeed in almost any conflict in history the