5fish
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As many of us know the civil war is known for many of the military innovation that happen during the period. I think there was one if the Confederates could have master the technology could have even the playing field a little more during the war.
What if the Confederates had master and perfected the technology of their torpedo boats?
If you look into the torpedo boats of that era they were low in the water and streamed powered and could sneek up on unsuspecting ships with ease and strike. I read engagements and these little boats could take cannon hits and small arms fire when engaged in combat with a ship.
If the Confederates had found a away to mass produce them they could have terrorized the union ships in both the eastern and western rivers and harbors but there more.
What if they could have made coastal torpedo boats that could travel into northern waters and terrorize union commercial shipping and harbors then the war would have changed drastically. The wealthy in the north would have felt the pain of war in their wallet and the wealthy do not like to feel pain in their wallets.
The coast of the war for the north would have gone up dramatically along without being unable to maintain the blockade on the southern ports.
It would have been like the U-boats of WW2 which almost cause Britain to lose the war.
A musing "what if"......
What if the Confederates had master and perfected the technology of their torpedo boats?
If you look into the torpedo boats of that era they were low in the water and streamed powered and could sneek up on unsuspecting ships with ease and strike. I read engagements and these little boats could take cannon hits and small arms fire when engaged in combat with a ship.
If the Confederates had found a away to mass produce them they could have terrorized the union ships in both the eastern and western rivers and harbors but there more.
What if they could have made coastal torpedo boats that could travel into northern waters and terrorize union commercial shipping and harbors then the war would have changed drastically. The wealthy in the north would have felt the pain of war in their wallet and the wealthy do not like to feel pain in their wallets.
The coast of the war for the north would have gone up dramatically along without being unable to maintain the blockade on the southern ports.
It would have been like the U-boats of WW2 which almost cause Britain to lose the war.
A musing "what if"......