odd historical fact- Confederacy had (short range) wooden helicopters
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Date: December 9th, 2016 7:44 PM Author: Light Theatre Brethren
While they were not used in battle, the Confederate army had a small fleet of short-range wooden helicopters that were created by Stephen V. Bryan, best known as one of the early investors in Standard Oil. The helicopters were used temporarily for transport of goods to troops in enemy lines, however they proved to be unpopular after a half dozen burned down within the first two weeks of use. Jefferson Davis ordered that the remaining helicopters be placed out of commission after the wooden structure kept on succumbing to the flames used to burn the coal in the engine compartment. Only one of the fifty ever made still exists, and it is on display at the Harper's Ferry museum. This helicopter is known as Rebel Bird.
http://www.confederatehistory.org/transportation/air/helicopters/rebel-bird
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Date: December 10th, 2016 2:37 AM Author: erotic house
Colonel Jeremiah Butler of the 18th Tennessee regiment drew up elaborate plans for an armored vehicle as early as 1863, and even had a prototype under construction near Nashville. It included a rotating turret and would have been manned by a crew of three.
"This great device shall mean victory for our Confederacy, ensuring that this struggle shall not have been in vain," he wrote in his diary. "Imagine Grant's surprise when he faces not only soldiers, but also our mighty iron wagons," he said.
General Robert E. Lee dismissed Butler's proposal for an armored force and ordered that all construction cease immediately. Butler was killed in battle at Peakesville in 1865.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_vehicles_of_the_Civil_War
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Date: December 10th, 2016 3:07 AM Author: brindle chapel persian
butler's proposed contraptions included the "dirtbike" and the "jeep". his diary has confounded historians, written largely in gleeful present participles or the imagined dialogue of his enemies and making frequent references to an unknown man, viz.:
"general, general. twenty jeeps have been spotted outside fort sumter. we're fucked general"
"hehe me and spack barreling thru bull run on dirtbikes"
and so on
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