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Mr. Lincoln's high-tech war : how the North used the telegraph, railroads, surveillance balloons, ironclads, high-powered weapons, and more to win the Civil War

text Mr. Lincoln's high-tech war : how the North used the telegraph, railroads, surveillance balloons, ironclads, high-powered weapons, and more to win the Civil War

Summary
Lincoln knew that winning the war would take more than the same old strategies and maneuvers. It would require using technology to create new ways of waging war. Lincoln worked to make sure his soldiers and sailors had the best and latest hardware... Read more
Contents
Prologue: The spirit of invention -- Lincoln's secret train -- Lincoln takes command -- The Anaconda Plan -- Learning war -- Riding the winds of battle -- The ironclads -- Runners & raiders -- Old war, new war -- Slow march to rapid fire -- The ho... Read more
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144 p. : ill., maps ; 21 x 24 cm.
Publisher
National Geographic 2008

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East Bay Branch Library J 973.7 ALL in Juvenile Nonfiction Available
Woodmere (Main Branch) J 973.7301 ALL in Juvenile Nonfiction Reshelving

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