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The Weapons of the Civil War

You probably wouldn't describe the Gatling Gun, pictured here, as looking "technologically advanced." In fact, it's considered the first machine gun, and the gun is one of the many new weapons developed during the American Civil War. Check out our gallery of weapons from the Civil War, one of the first "modern" wars.

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