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here is a website I found that may provide a few answers
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/
steam6.htm
According to this a 9" Dahlgren could throw a she...
... by being practically inaccessible to combat forces (I don't know if you've ever read the British military historian John Keegan, but he points out that actual combat is and always has been ...
Indeed, the war in the Pacific was fought with a ruthless ferocity unprecedented in American military history. It saw hate-filled savagery on a visceral level -- read Sledge's "With the Old ...
...re wondering if we would be able to post information about our August 15th civil war, antique firearms, and military auction. Either way please let us know. Antiques Civil War & Firearms Auction â...
... the way Jackson was. I often feel sorry for Longstreet, he was easily as good a leader as Jackson, a smart military tactician, an on-the-lines fighter, etc., and he was basically "cheated" ...
... no secret of their intense dislike of the Proclamation. But, as we are seeing with General McChrystal, all military leaders in this country were and are subordinate to the political leadership in the...
...s and thus ensured the success of the Mexican Revolution.
Sadly look at Iraq. Our massive, technological military has failed to crush the insurgents. Too bad; and I'm sure, had we resorted to ...
...mrs-bixbys-
letter-to-lincoln/
scroll down to "on this date in history" on this one
The US military does have a policy, dating back t...
...struct it's social classes and economic system to the point where it could not ever be a political and military threat to the Federal government again.
As far as some people in the south still u...
Here's a partial list of some books I've read dealing primarily or substantially with the Western theater. Some are good, some not so much, but the all cover it. In some, I don't rememb...
To me, historical fiction in general, and military fiction in particular, is a very difficult genre to master. This is especially so with speculative alternate scenarios. Done well, the genre offers t...
...so large it needs breaking down into many areas. I'll just answer quickly and spontaneously, okay?
1.Military Innovation
2.Impact on future of the USA
3.A set piece American Drama,with most e...
I wonder: we have not had this environment before. Yes, I am sure smaller powers in history have purchased from bigger ones, usually ones that had a vested interest in keeping the little power around....
Last week I was able to visit a old stomping ground near Fredicksburg Va. since I was attending a Marine Corps conference up in Quantico. About ten years ago I was able to get a few three ringers an...
Last week I was able to visit a old stomping ground near Fredicksburg Va. since I was attending a Marine Corps conference up in Quantico. About ten years ago I was able to get a few three ringers an...
More information I've found:
Company E - Greenbrier Rifles. This unit was from Greenbrier County, and were also known as the Lewisburg Rifles, after the county seat where the men enlisted. The...
...lting work is not arranged alphabetically; instead, the 13 chapters cover broad topics or themes, including military intelligence, medicine, prisoners of war, wartime politics, the home front, war on ...
You are EXACTLY right. It's been my experience that military vets who glorify war are by and large the one's who didn't get within a hundred miles of the shooting.
I agree, great post. I'm reminded of the British military historian John Keegan's observation in "A History of Warfare" that fully half the population -- women -- are essentially ambivalent ...
A fitting and moving tribute to a great and good man. While we can debate Lee's place in the annals of military geniuses, no one can question his honor, dignity and decency. He was revered by his men,...
...erstood the war could not, at least initially, be framed as an anti-slavery crusade. The professional Union military leadership -- McClellan, Buell, Fitzjohn-Porter, etc -- were actively hostile to th...
...), Great Britain and France. Hard as it might be to think so today, France was truly considered the leading military power of the day. Even the nascent Prussian nation, in the person of Helmuth von Mo...
...neral would not have defeated Bragg there. Against Grant's "better judgement" (he had his own non-military agenda there), Thomas sent Hooker (whose life-long mission was to atone for Chancel...
John Z -- I think you're absolutely right. When one looks at WWI, it's striking how little tactical thinking had changed since the CW, only instead of single-shot muzzleloaders, attacking troops faced...
...roperly (Sharpshooters were trained well-enough). Even today it requires a high degree of training to use a military rifle to full effect at longer ranges. 2) It wasn't range that mattered, it was vol...
...ncluding their government.
With that in mind. The United States had no reason, as I said, to enlarge its military or spend more time and money increasing their training. When the war broke out, the...
...mies should share this profound regard and admiration is due solely to the character of the individual. His military genius will always be conceded, and his figure remain a conspicuous landmark in his...
...aders of Civil War history. His first, and perhaps most important reference is to the relative lack of true military training at ALL levels. America had almost no military tradition in the war fightin...
...very firmly bonded. Also, the mobilization of such an armed force by the North was still fresh and the U.S. Military would have been more powerful than ever before. The South, although preferring stro...
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