The First "Modern War"
The Civil War the first war that was fought using tactics and technologies that resemble the modern day's war. Historians often call the Civil War the first Modern War:
"Then we come to a war where the balance of power is described in terms of who has the most miles of telegraph line and railroad, and who has the most steel foundries and rolling mills.
That war is the U.S. Civil War.
That war is the U.S. Civil War.
In many ways it was the first truly modern war that depended on heavy industry, rapid transportation, and telecommunications for its conduct. "
~Steven Dutch University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
~Steven Dutch University of Wisconsin - Green Bay