Keith Takacs of Lilly checks to make sure a Gatling gun is unloaded at Historic Hanna’s Town on Sunday, July 30. He took part in the Westmoreland Historical Society’s Civil War encampment and ...

During the 1862 Civil War, Indianapolis was home to the invention of the Gatling gun - the first modern, reliable machine gun. Designed by Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling, it has many uses. The Terre Haute ...

Soldiers had always marched in lines and rows; those tactics were still used in the US Civil War. But the Gatling gun began a revolution that revolutionized warfare.

1861-1865 - American Civil War. Both breech and muzzle loaded guns used. 1862 - The Gatling Gun is invented. 1869 - Center-fire cartridge introduced. 1870-1871- The Franco-German War. Breach ...

Civil War rifles were accurate for hundreds of yards, with some being deadly at up to 1,000 yards. ( These are the 14 guns that helped fight the Revolutionary War .) ...

Most people believe that the first rapid-fire gun was the Gatling gun, which was invented in 1862 by Richard Gatling and used in the Civil War to deliver devastating losses, the likes of which no ...

Jul. 30—As a young boy, Keith Takacs knew he wanted a Gatling gun. The rapid-fire weapon, a precursor to modern machine guns patented in 1862, looked cool in old cowboy movies. Fast-forward a ...