JPK Huson 1863
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2012
- Location
- Central Pennsylvania
No, not a war time invention, sorry, it was just so fall-down funny I could not resist. Post war, it occurred to me inventors had way too much time on their hands. And too many left over guns.
If necessity if the mother of invention, ' War ' must be female- awful thought. You can't find a lot of these now, no idea why. LoC had them years ago. They're online as tiny jay pegs but you have to go to DC for viewing larger. Well, you own them, you know.
Clara became impatient, fielding these. We did indeed need some, some seem a little opportunist? Some, famous.
Like this- our Sibley, patented and in swift production, although our Native Americans did not receive a share is beyond me.
BUT not this wonderful invention! Tent slash knapsack slash coat slash bedroll! Or did it? If anyone knows that it was used, please feel free to say so!
I think this was another multi-purpose item? Cloak/coat/bed? Soldiers may have had something to about wearing mud- they saw far too much of it, anyway.
This is post war, sorry, just really, really love it- and not much, post war! Thought I'd throw it in, like the rat trap.
Floating battery, finally in patent too late for the past war- 1867, but there was an earlier version.
1862, good Heavens.
And then we had to put our men back together.
More, hang on.