The Development of American Military Technology and Thought after the Civil War.

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The Development of American Military Technology and Thought after the Civil War

Military Technology... Breach loading weapons Repeating weapons

Sharps.52 caliber rifle Winchester Model caliber

Model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield

Lever BoltPump Rifle Actions

Winchester Model caliber Colt Lightening.45 caliber

European Bolt Action Military Rifles,

Mauser K mm

Model 1892 Krag Jorgensen

Springfield M1903

Colt Single Action Model 1871,.45 caliber

Colt M Caliber Smith & Wesson Model 3.38 and.44 Calibers (1869 – 1915)

Naval Technology... Steam power All-steel construction Gun turrets vs. broadside mounts

USS Hartford, 1st Class Sloop of War

USS Kickapoo

Emory Upton ( ) USMA 1861 “boy general” The Armies of Europe qqand Asia The Military Policy of qqthe United States

Military Policy of the United States Recommendations: three-battalion regiments interchangeable staff and line assignments promotion based on examination establishment of a General Staff expanded military education

Secretary of War Commanding General Staff Departments Line President

Secretary of War Chief of Staff Line President Staff

Military Policy of the United States Civil War seen as a negative model for mobilization. Militia should be subordinated to the Regular Army. Not published until 1904.

Alfred Thayer Mahan ( ) Son of Dennis Hart Mahan US Naval Academy Blockade duty South American squadron The Influence of Sea Power qqon History,

Mahan’s vision... Powerful states required powerful navies. No nation had been truly powerful without a powerful navy. Navies protected trade and projected power. Steam navies needed bases, i.e colonies. Two naval strategies: – Fleet operations – Commerce raiding

At the end of the century... The Army was lost in nostalgia, but slowly evolving. The Navy was quickly developing... and then...

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