Technology and the Civil War [electronic resource] /
Shane Mountjoy
- New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c2009
- 1 online resource (136 p.) : ill.
- The Civil War : a nation divided .
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-128) and index
During the Civil War, both sides experimented with developing technologies. Exploding shells, hot air balloons, anesthesia, land mines, submarines, and the telegraph are a few of the unique technologies that Union and Confederate leaders used in their struggle to win the war