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The History Cat: Lincoln's High Tech War

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Describes the weaponry used during the Civil War, and some of the innovative technology that the Union's military forces employed. These included the minie ball, rifles, underwater torpedoes, the use of hot air balloons, and improved communications with railroads and the telegraph.

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minie ball, torpedo, underwater mine, american civil war weapons, battle of the iron clads, civil war communications, civil war technology, civil war transportation, civil war weapons, iron clad, raines keg torpedo, us history, hot air balloon, telegraph, military technology
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional