Message text written by Philip E Bacon
>Sorry Dave -- The first ironclad was the converted sidewheeler Virginia
( renamed Merrimac), a southern ship; the first workable submarine
(although a deathtrap) was the Hunley, a southern invention; the Gatling
gun, although produced and used by the North, was invented by a
southerner. I think there was enough American ingenuity exhibited by
both the North & South to justify the original statement....let's not go
there....there's been enough flames on this subject already!
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You are right. This is off topic. Civil war.. er war of norther agression,
whatever discussions tend to be more emotional than I care to get into and
I appolgize for stepping into this one. Especially on this list.
Dave (too soon old, too late smart)
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