Upper Moreland Historical Association presents:
“Innovations and Technology in the Civil War”
by Paul Kaufmann
NEW TIME AND LOCATION September 23, 2025, 7:00 PM Upper Moreland Library
The American Civil War was a transitional conflict and precursor to the Total War of the 20th Century. The Civil War had profound impact technologically on the development of modern weapons, strategy and tactics, Among the many innovations for which the Civil War was the first in history:
- Railroads played a critical role
- Telegraph used for communication over long distances
- ironclad steam powered warships
- First submarine to sink an enemy warship
- Rifled ordinances
- Land and water mines
- Machine gun
- Widespread news coverage
- Photography
- Aerial Reconnaissance
- Universal income tax to finance war
