Technology and the Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 1604130377
- ISBN-13
- 9781604130379
- Category
- Technology
- Pages
- 136
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Infobase Publishing
- Author
- Shane Mountjoy
Description
Describes the developing technologies explored and implemented during the Civil War, including exploding shells, hot air balloons, anesthesia, land mines, submarines, and the telegraph.
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