The Invention Of The Gatling Gun
The Invention of the Gatling Gun The Gatling Gun was first introduced in the Civil War, at the Battle of Petersburg. This machine was exceptionally useful for the North, which benefited the Union, securing a winning victory. Unfortunately, the gun wasn’t used much, as it was established during the end of the war. The Gatling Gun was created and named after Richard J. Gatling (Richard). Born on September 12, of 1818, he grew up helping his father invent the cotton machine, which would pluck the seeds from the cotton automatically. In 1850 he attended Ohio Medical Collage, that same year he invented the hemp-breaking machine. Seven years later he also invented the steam plow. When the Civil War erupted he began working on a gun that would