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Hey guys,
i was reading the other day from "A Distant Thunder" Michigan in the Civil war. this is a really interesting paragraph, and what do you think about it after you read?
" Bombs Away"
Pg. 39
the Homefront in Michigan had more than a few old-timers who enjoyoed playing armchair general around a cracker barrel or dining room table. At least one citizen, C.G. birbeck of Jonesville, was so bold to as to make suggestions directly to the Secretary of War. why not, Birbeck asked, Blast artillery shells filled with cayeene pepper at the Rebs? these would descend on the infidels like a "destroying Angel." he claimed. Secretary Edwin Stanton said no, thanks.
However, birbeck's other idea for an alternative weapon was, in retrospect, not nearly as far-fetched. He suggested explosives be dropped on enemy positions from high-altitude balloons-a tactic that, while also rejected, eerily foreshadowed the massive aerial bombardments of the next century.
Best,
__________________
i was reading the other day from "A Distant Thunder" Michigan in the Civil war. this is a really interesting paragraph, and what do you think about it after you read?
" Bombs Away"
Pg. 39
the Homefront in Michigan had more than a few old-timers who enjoyoed playing armchair general around a cracker barrel or dining room table. At least one citizen, C.G. birbeck of Jonesville, was so bold to as to make suggestions directly to the Secretary of War. why not, Birbeck asked, Blast artillery shells filled with cayeene pepper at the Rebs? these would descend on the infidels like a "destroying Angel." he claimed. Secretary Edwin Stanton said no, thanks.
However, birbeck's other idea for an alternative weapon was, in retrospect, not nearly as far-fetched. He suggested explosives be dropped on enemy positions from high-altitude balloons-a tactic that, while also rejected, eerily foreshadowed the massive aerial bombardments of the next century.
Best,
__________________
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