Civil War Technology

By emagnuson
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  • America gains Independedce from Britain

  • Madison is elected president

  • Joshua Shaw Invents the Percussion Cap

  • First steam locomotive is tested

  • Minie Ball was developed by the French

  • Christian Sharps Develops his rifle

  • First Springfield Gun W/ rifling

  • Benjamin Tyler Henry develops the famous Henry Rifle

  • The Confederacy is born

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

  • Lincoln signs the Pacific Railway Act

  • First battle of Gettysgurg

  • The last Battle of the Civil War