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Ep 52-Advancing Death by Design: The Ledger of Decimation
Welcome to the 19th-century assembly line of human slaughter. In today's class, we are diving deep into the ultimate historical tragedy: what happens when stubborn military commanders trained in romantic, old-world Napoleonic tactics march tight, beautiful lines of men headfirst into modern, rapid-fire technology designed to effortlessly shred them.
We will trace the bloody ledger of innovation from the naval depths of the green-eyed submarine USS Alligator to the hand-cranked, logic-defying humanitarian irony of the Gatling gun. Along the way, we will dissect the visceral horrors of being "gut shot" by a flattening soft-lead Minié ball, debunk the myth of the completely drunk battlefield "sawbones," and explore the macabre birth of the modern American funeral industry via entrepreneurial battlefield embalmers. From the unprecedented, staggering meat grinders of Antietam and Gettysburg to a bizarre, bioluminescent biochemical miracle in the mud of Shiloh, we’ll look at how humanity completely industrialized death—and how Abraham Lincoln used 272 words of pure poetry to try and give the carnage a sacred meaning.
Grab batonet and dig in deep and mind your head; the Requa battery guns are loaded, the searchlights are on, and the reaper is getting an upgrade to 350 rounds a minute.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/4th-period-u-s-history--5621461/support.
Visit the class at Spreaker.com and follow! Link to the page HERE! It would mean a lot and go a long way in helping grow class! Thank you for your support!
We will trace the bloody ledger of innovation from the naval depths of the green-eyed submarine USS Alligator to the hand-cranked, logic-defying humanitarian irony of the Gatling gun. Along the way, we will dissect the visceral horrors of being "gut shot" by a flattening soft-lead Minié ball, debunk the myth of the completely drunk battlefield "sawbones," and explore the macabre birth of the modern American funeral industry via entrepreneurial battlefield embalmers. From the unprecedented, staggering meat grinders of Antietam and Gettysburg to a bizarre, bioluminescent biochemical miracle in the mud of Shiloh, we’ll look at how humanity completely industrialized death—and how Abraham Lincoln used 272 words of pure poetry to try and give the carnage a sacred meaning.
Grab batonet and dig in deep and mind your head; the Requa battery guns are loaded, the searchlights are on, and the reaper is getting an upgrade to 350 rounds a minute.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/4th-period-u-s-history--5621461/support.
Visit the class at Spreaker.com and follow! Link to the page HERE! It would mean a lot and go a long way in helping grow class! Thank you for your support!
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By Mr. SteppWelcome to the 19th-century assembly line of human slaughter. In today's class, we are diving deep into the ultimate historical tragedy: what happens when stubborn military commanders trained in romantic, old-world Napoleonic tactics march tight, beautiful lines of men headfirst into modern, rapid-fire technology designed to effortlessly shred them.
We will trace the bloody ledger of innovation from the naval depths of the green-eyed submarine USS Alligator to the hand-cranked, logic-defying humanitarian irony of the Gatling gun. Along the way, we will dissect the visceral horrors of being "gut shot" by a flattening soft-lead Minié ball, debunk the myth of the completely drunk battlefield "sawbones," and explore the macabre birth of the modern American funeral industry via entrepreneurial battlefield embalmers. From the unprecedented, staggering meat grinders of Antietam and Gettysburg to a bizarre, bioluminescent biochemical miracle in the mud of Shiloh, we’ll look at how humanity completely industrialized death—and how Abraham Lincoln used 272 words of pure poetry to try and give the carnage a sacred meaning.
Grab batonet and dig in deep and mind your head; the Requa battery guns are loaded, the searchlights are on, and the reaper is getting an upgrade to 350 rounds a minute.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/4th-period-u-s-history--5621461/support.
Visit the class at Spreaker.com and follow! Link to the page HERE! It would mean a lot and go a long way in helping grow class! Thank you for your support!
We will trace the bloody ledger of innovation from the naval depths of the green-eyed submarine USS Alligator to the hand-cranked, logic-defying humanitarian irony of the Gatling gun. Along the way, we will dissect the visceral horrors of being "gut shot" by a flattening soft-lead Minié ball, debunk the myth of the completely drunk battlefield "sawbones," and explore the macabre birth of the modern American funeral industry via entrepreneurial battlefield embalmers. From the unprecedented, staggering meat grinders of Antietam and Gettysburg to a bizarre, bioluminescent biochemical miracle in the mud of Shiloh, we’ll look at how humanity completely industrialized death—and how Abraham Lincoln used 272 words of pure poetry to try and give the carnage a sacred meaning.
Grab batonet and dig in deep and mind your head; the Requa battery guns are loaded, the searchlights are on, and the reaper is getting an upgrade to 350 rounds a minute.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/4th-period-u-s-history--5621461/support.
Visit the class at Spreaker.com and follow! Link to the page HERE! It would mean a lot and go a long way in helping grow class! Thank you for your support!