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Article: A sea change under Dahlgren.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 26, 2000
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Nor must Uncle Sam's web-feet be forgotten. At all the watery margins they have been present. Not only on the deep seas, the broad bay, and the rapid river, but also up the narrow muddy bayou, and wherever the ground was a little damp.
- Abraham Lincoln
The Civil War often has been referred to as the last of the ancient wars and the first of the modern wars because of innovations during the conflict that revolutionized weapons and tactics. In the naval arena, no one contributed more to the evolution of modern ordnance than Philadelphia native John Adolphus Dahlgren.
Often referred to by historians as the "father of naval ordnance," ...