Tell me more! Gettysburg Gatlings?

[CHuDWah]

I know Gatlings weren't "officially" accepted by the army until after the Civil War, but some Union commanders personally purchased a few for use in the Petersburg siege and on gunboats. AFAIK, that was the only use during the war. But I recently read a post (not on this forum) claiming they were used against Pickett's charge. Anybody know if that's true?

 

[rpkennedy]

Definitely not. There is no evidence that there were any Gatling guns at Gettysburg.

Ryan

 

[UCVRelics]

I know Gatlings weren't "officially" accepted by the army until after the Civil War, but some Union commanders personally purchased a few for use in the Petersburg siege and on gunboats. AFAIK, that was the only use during the war. But I recently read a post (not on this forum) claiming they were used against Pickett's charge. Anybody know if that's true?

That is total BS and BTW the Confederates had B-52 bombers

 

[RodentRevolution]

That is total BS and BTW the Confederates had B-52 bombers

I heard it was Vulcan bombers, because one the Confederates preferred to buy British and two they were sneakier and better at getting through the Union air defence.

 

[Kurt G]

I heard it was Vulcan bombers, because one the Confederates preferred to buy British and two they were sneakier and better at getting through the Union air defence.

If your air defense is going to be compromised during a war games scenario , at least it was by the coolest V wing ever .

 

[bayonet]

I know Gatlings weren't "officially" accepted by the army until after the Civil War, but some Union commanders personally purchased a few for use in the Petersburg siege and on gunboats. AFAIK, that was the only use during the war. But I recently read a post (not on this forum) claiming they were used against Pickett's charge. Anybody know if that's true?

Where was that posted so we can all go to it and have a good laugh and goof on the well educated writer?

 

[7thWisconsin]

There were no Gatling guns at Gettysburg at all, but the reference you read may have actually meant the Williams gun. It was a Confederate breechloading, quick firing cannon. In the early 1960s, there was some thought that a couple might have been at Gettysburg, but I think that´s blown over now.

 

[JerryD]

That is total BS and BTW the Confederates had B-52 bombers

Oh lord no....now someone will start a thread with...."So what if the South had B-52 bombers at Gettysburg.....how would that have changed the outcome?"

 

[redbob]

If Union Ordnance Officers were against repeating rifles because they felt as they wasted ammunition, they would have had a stroke with what a Gatling Gun would have done.

 

[bankerpapaw]

That is total BS and BTW the Confederates had B-52 bombers

Also the Rebs had A-10 Warthogs for close air support.

 

[rpkennedy]

There were no Gatling guns at Gettysburg at all, but the reference you read may have actually meant the Williams gun. It was a Confederate breechloading, quick firing cannon. In the early 1960s, there was some thought that a couple might have been at Gettysburg, but I think that´s blown over now.

The only breechloading cannon at Gettysburg were a pair of British Whitworth guns assigned to Captain William Hurt's Hardaway Artillery.

Ryan

 

[7thWisconsin]

The only breechloading cannon at Gettysburg were a pair of British Whitworth guns assigned to Captain William Hurt's Hardaway Artillery.

Ryan

Agreed. I was just offering the possibility that the OP might have read and/or misread an old now discredited source.

 

[rpkennedy]

Agreed. I was just offering the possibility that the OP might have read and/or misread an old now discredited source.

Gotcha. I misread your post. My apologies.

Ryan

 

[Story]

Rather than try to extinguish this notion, I suggest we form a column and add to the merriment.
Did you know that a lack of hydrogen for the balloons kept Lee from deploying his South Carolina Paratroopers?

I know, I'm a bad person for having these thoughts and I'm going to Dante's Sixth Level.​

 

[Belfoured]

I know Gatlings weren't "officially" accepted by the army until after the Civil War, but some Union commanders personally purchased a few for use in the Petersburg siege and on gunboats. AFAIK, that was the only use during the war. But I recently read a post (not on this forum) claiming they were used against Pickett's charge. Anybody know if that's true?

The Internet and social media are just awesome. This reminds me of some of the questions NPS staff at Gettysburg say they've been asked by the public which they've answered with the professional straight face.

 

[bayonet]

Oh lord no....now someone will start a thread with...."So what if the South had B-52 bombers at Gettysburg.....how would that have changed the outcome?"

no change at all, the Union would of sent up P-51 Mustangs and shot down the B-52s

 

[Gandycreek]

Maybe someone took this book to be true ?

The Guns of the South - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[rpkennedy]

The Internet and social media are just awesome. This reminds me of some of the questions NPS staff at Gettysburg say they've been asked by the public which they've answered with the professional straight face.

My favorites were "What do you do with the monuments at night?" and "Were the monuments here during the battle?"

Ryan

 

[Kurt G]

My favorites were "What do you do with the monuments at night?" and "Were the monuments here during the battle?"

Ryan

or "Why did so many battles take place in National Parks ?"

 

[rpkennedy]

or "Why did so many battles take place in National Parks ?"

I never got that one.

Ryan