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"It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine - a gun - which could by its rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty as a hundred, that it would, to a large extent supersede the necessity of large armies, and consequently, exposure to battle and disease [would] be greatly diminished" (Richard Gatling).
 * Richard Gatling **


 * The **** Gatling Gun **

The Gatling machine gun was created in 1862 during the American Civil War by Richard Gatling. This affected how wars were fought, and influenced the Civil war, producing more fatalities.

The gun was a development on previous guns developed prior to it, but it still impacted many wars and lives. At first the Gatling gun had re loadable steel chambers and used percussion caps. It was added to and improved later on to use better cartridges and fire faster. It was bought and used by the United States army during the American Civil War, and impacted the war which therefore impacted the people of the U.S with the results of what happened. This gun encouraged innovation of machine guns which had an impact on wars in the future, such as World War I. It later went on to be used in the Spanish-American war, and improved versions of this are still used today. "The Gatling gun played an important role after the Civil War, giving small numbers of U.S. troops enormous advantages in firepower over the western Indians. In newly colonized portions of Africa and Asia, the Gatling gun provided the Europeans’ margin of victory over local forces." (2)


 * Diagram**

1. Bellis, Mary. "Gatling Gun - History of the Gatling Gun." //About.com Inventors //. About.com, 20 Dec. 2013. Web. 13 Feb. 2014.

2. "Gatling Gun." //History.com //. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.

3. "Union Soldiers Fired This Primitive Machine Gun During The Civil War." //Popular Science //. N.p., 22 Aug. 2013. Web. 14 Feb. 2014.

4. "Richard Jordan Gatling." //Wikipedia //. Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Feb. 2014. Web. 14 Feb. 2014.

5. "Richard Jordan Gatling Quotes." //FinestQuotes //. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2014.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">**Comments:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Pretty good. Maybe more specifics in your answers.