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!
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:55:20 -0500 David Massey
<105671.471@compuserve.com> writes:
>
>Message text written by INTERNET:erl@unix.mail.virginia.edu
>> we startled the Europeans with our military developments,
>especially in such areas as Iron clads, and light weapons production.
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>
>What Johnnie Reb fails to mention here is that most of the "we" was
>the
>north.
>
>;-)
>
>Dave
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