re: 150 years ago this day...

Gracias on the response, ThirdSpur. This was the first truly Modern Day War, not just because of that, but also the use of Hot Air Balloons for recon, first Concentration Camps as with the Roswell Mill workers, massed use of Rifled Infantry and Repeating Rifles, targeting Civilian populations of Women and Children, Submarine Warfare, Telegraphing of Orders, Movement of huge numbers of Troops by Rail, long term POW camps, Photojournalism, Steam and Ironclad War Ships and Rapid-Fire Weapons like the Gatling gun, as well as a war that depended on Heavy Industry for both sides and where the Industry itself would be targeted for destruction.

History is never past, just a continuum...