Very often if you look through the past to catch up. The military thinking and strategy. It tends to stay in the past war and Technology Goes ahead and the military thinking has to catch up with technology. What we see in the American Civil War is that most military was along the lines of the American Revolution. In other words, warfare that had happened decades earlier or even napoleon just a few years earlier. That was a hero. A lot of the american generals, their hero was napoleon bonaparte. They thought was the greatest general in the world. And the strategist. But the problem was they had you up and where they were planning, making their planning, based on old weapons. That is one thing im going to get to. The advanced weaponry that goes into the American Civil War and how that is going to affect have casualties happen. First of all, basic weapon. Its actually an american copy of a french musket that was used at the time. This is the french call it a surely bill but it is a single
Is hes a military historian. Hes an expert in military history. He is published at least four books on anything from weaponry, weaponry from the civil war, revolutionary war, he collects a host of artifact which is he has brought and will share with us today. Hes a ph. D. He earned his doctorate from Texas Christian University what year was that . It was a while ago. But hes an expert. If you get an opportunity to take a class with him, take a class. Were going to continue to discuss the civil war. We get to look at the aspect of weaponry and its impact on the war. Without further adieu, i will hand the class over to d dr. Kinard. Thank you, doctor. The theme for todays lecture is going to be about technology of warfare. A lot of our classes we deal with the politics of warfare and the historical record of warfare, but a lot of it comes down to the individual in the war field. One thing that i found fascinating in research was looking at the early 19th century, in other words, from the
Muskets, carbines and revolvers and advances that allowed soldiers to fire faster and with more accuracy. All right guys, how are you all doing today . Welcome to class. Today, as i talked about a little bit earlier this week, we have a special lecture here. Doctor jeff kinard. You may have a class with him. He is the chair of our history and Political Science program here at Guilford Technical Community college. Which may not know about doctor kinard is that he is a military historian, an expert in military history. He has published at least four books on anything from weaponry, weaponry from the civil war, revolutionary war. He collects a host of artifacts which he has brought and will share with us today. He is a ph. D. And earned his doctorate from Texas Christian University in fort worth texas. What year was that . It was a while ago but he is an expert. So if you get an opportunity to take a class within, take the class. We will continue to discuss the civil war. Thankfully for d
Up next on American History tv a Community College class about civil war weaponry, such as muskets, carbines and revolvers and advances that allowed soldiers to fire faster and with more accuracy. All right. Guys. How are you all doing today . Welcomes to class. Today as i talked about earlier this week, we have a special lecturer here. Dr. Jeff kinard. You may have a class with him. He is the chair of our history and Political Science program here at guilford technical Community College. What you may not know about dr. Kinard is that he is a military historian. Hes an expert in military history. He has published at least four books on anything from weaponry, weaponry from the civil war, revolutionary war, he collects a host of artifacts which he has brought and will share with us today. He is a ph. D. He earned his doctorate from Texas Christian University in fort worth, texas. What year was that . It was a while ago. But hes an expert. So if you get an opportunity to take a class wit
College. What you may not know about him, is he is a military historian, and he is an expert in military history, and he has published at least four books on anything from weaponry, and weaponry from the civil war and he collects a host of artifacts, which he has brought and will share with us today. He is a ph. D. And has earned his doctorate from texas christian university, what year was that im not sure. It was a while ago but he is an expert so if you get an opportunity to take a class with, them take a class with them. We are going to continue to discuss the civil war faithfully and thankfully from him, that we get to look at the aspect of weaponry and its impact on the war and without further do i will hand the class over to him. Thank you. The same for todays lecture is going to be about technology of warfare and a lot of our classes we deal with the politics of warfare and just the historical record of warfare, and a lot of it comes down to the individual who is in the field an