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The Gatling gun was first used in warfare during the American Civil War. Twelve of the guns were purchased personally by Union commanders and used in the trenches during the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia (June 1864—April 1865). [31] Eight other Gatling guns were fitted on gunboats. [32]
Gatling gun: Arguably the most successful Civil War machine gun, the Gatling gun could sustain 150 rounds a minute thanks to its rotating barrel design. Although Chief of Ordnance James Wolfe Ripley was against its adoption, that did not stop individual generals like Benjamin Butler from purchasing them for their own use.
Gatling invented the Gatling gun after he noticed that a majority of the soldiers fighting in the Civil War were lost to disease rather than gunshots. In 1877, he wrote, "It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine gun which could by its rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty as a hundred, that it would, to a large extent supersede the necessity of large armies, and ...
The Gatling gun was a field weapon, first used in warfare during the American Civil War and subsequently by European and Russian armies. The design was steadily improved; by 1876 the Gatling gun had a theoretical rate of fire of 1,200 rounds per minute, although 400 rounds per minute was more readily achievable in combat.
Gatling machine gun [2] Artillery ... Landmines in the Civil War. Savas Beatie. About the Book. ... By the end of the war in 1865, some 2,000 "Rains mines" had been ...
The Gatling gun was first used in combat during the American Civil War. Twelve of the guns were purchased personally by Union Army commanders and used in the trenches during the Siege of Petersburg (June 1864 – April 1865). [77] Eight other Gatling guns were fitted on gunboats. [78]
A Strange Engine of War: The "Winans" Steam Gun and Maryland in the Civil War. Baltimore: Chesapeake Book Company. US patent 24,031, William Joslin, "Improvement in Centrifugal Guns", issued 1859-5-17 US patent 24,997, Charles S. Dickinson, "Improvement in Centrifugal Guns", issued 1859-8-9 "The Baltimore Steam Battery". Scientific American.
Gatling gun; Over 400 personal guns; Deaths: ... Debt relief: Whites and blacks had differing experiences with debt after the American Civil War. For whites, before ...