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A 7 page paper which examines the changes in warfare from 1776 to 1918. The primary focus is on the repeating rifle. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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evolution of societies. With each new discovery has come a new way to engage in warfare, as well as the creation of new warfare devices and practices. The following paper
examines the changes in warfare seen from the birth of the United States in 1776 to WWI in 1918. The paper focuses a great deal on the evolution of warfare
as it involves the repeating rifle for it is likely that this new invention, this technological advancement in weaponry, led the way for quicker and more numerous killings, something that
had not been experienced before. Changes in Warfare: 1776-1918 When we think of the American Revolution and warfare we often envision
ancient tactics and a sort of reliance on traditional European ways in relationship to tactics and simply facing off against one another in battle on a field. The guns that
were used were relatively slow and needed reloading. There were also cannons and some battling with ships on the water but it was not until the Civil War of the
United States that warfare truly began to change. The new frontier had come into its own, quite obviously, and heralded many new forms of technology that seemed to spur yet
more technological advances and inventions. With technological advances prior to the Civil War things in the field of warfare truly began to
change and the practice of warfare changed forever. One of the most powerful changes came with the railroad. "[T]he Civil War was the first war in which the railroad was
used tactically and not merely strategically."1 At one particular battle ground, in Petersburg, the Union army actually "built a railroad around the outside of the siege lines, and used it
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