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Have you ever heard the saying that the American Civil War was the first 20th century war fought with 18th century tactics?
In a lot of ways, it's a true statement.
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The Civil War is also known as the war from which nobody learned any lessons.
If you want an early example of an intermediate power cartridge, then the .44 Henry and .56 Spencer rimfires come to mind.
Oh and one of the things that made the Civil War the first modern war in the last couple of years was the shovel.
Late in the war both sides could throw up earth works within a few hours that were impossible to assault with any chance of success.
Which one would think would lead to the mass adoption of easily carried repeating firearms to increase the power of the assault, a kind of assault rifle if I may coin the term.
But one would be wrong.