Rob Keeble
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Last night we had History channel continue the US Story history program.
This episode covered the civil war.
What was news to me was how much of an effect emergence of technology had on the Norths War effort.
Railroads being used for logistic supply and troop deployment and mobility.
Telegraph being used for intelligence gathering and command and control.
The minie ball and rifling playing a huge role in the numbers killed on both sides.
Then the emergence of media and photography and their effect on the war as far as public opinion was concerned.
What is an oddity to me is the tactics used on the battle field still followed the old convention of lining up facing each other. One would have thought that after the War of Independence when guerilla warefare played such a key role, that this would have found its way into the teachings of Westpoint but i guess not.
One only hopes that a documentary like this which is peppered with celebrities comments ????? (why i dont know surely historians would have been more credible) is technically accurate. I dont have time to look up all the details and check on their facts.
This episode covered the civil war.
What was news to me was how much of an effect emergence of technology had on the Norths War effort.
Railroads being used for logistic supply and troop deployment and mobility.
Telegraph being used for intelligence gathering and command and control.
The minie ball and rifling playing a huge role in the numbers killed on both sides.
Then the emergence of media and photography and their effect on the war as far as public opinion was concerned.
What is an oddity to me is the tactics used on the battle field still followed the old convention of lining up facing each other. One would have thought that after the War of Independence when guerilla warefare played such a key role, that this would have found its way into the teachings of Westpoint but i guess not.
One only hopes that a documentary like this which is peppered with celebrities comments ????? (why i dont know surely historians would have been more credible) is technically accurate. I dont have time to look up all the details and check on their facts.