"Villainous Compounds: Chemical Weapons and the..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 03 Jan 2015 10:32 p.m. PST |
… American Civil War See here
link I must admit that the title caught my attention and that it is a very interesting subject, but as there are no details of the text and as I could not find anything about this in the Net, someone has any idea if chemical weapons were used in the ACW? Amicalement
Armand |
 Murphy  | 03 Jan 2015 10:36 p.m. PST |
Depends what you (and the author) mean by the term "Chemical weapons?…. Do you mean shells filled with mustard gas or something like that?…. No… If you mean using carbolic acid to clean wounds (and thus cause gangrene), then yes…. |
| Tango01 | 03 Jan 2015 11:44 p.m. PST |
Many thanks my good friend. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| donlowry | 04 Jan 2015 2:04 p.m. PST |
The Confederates did use something they called "Greek Fire," a liquid that supposedly self-ignited when exposed to air, at least if splashed around. Rebels working out of Canada used it to start fires in several NYC hotels; they also used it during the St. Albans VT raid, where it didn't work very well. |
| Tango01 | 04 Jan 2015 3:29 p.m. PST |
Thanks to you too my friend. Amicalement
Armand |
| 138SquadronRAF | 05 Jan 2015 2:08 p.m. PST |
You also must remember the Confederates did employ early land mines and this was considered rather unsporting. |
| Tango01 | 05 Jan 2015 11:25 p.m. PST |
I have read about them my dear cousin.
Thanks for the data!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Lion in the Stars | 06 Jan 2015 12:29 p.m. PST |
Well, the author is a pharmacologist, so I'm expecting things like iodine solution or carbolic acid for cleaning wounds. I am NOT expecting unpleasant things like Chlorine or mustard gas. Flammables are in a strange place in the arsenal. I think they are considered to be engineering tools more than weapons in the US (and NATO), but the Russians hold flamethrowers and thermobarics under the control of the Chemical Weapons Corps. I know I'd run like hell rather than stay in a trench if I saw an M67 Zippo belching flame my direction! |
| capncarp | 09 Jan 2015 8:17 a.m. PST |
"You also must remember the Confederates did employ early land mines and this was considered rather unsporting." "Unsporting" in a sense that they lived under an immediate death sentence if they were caught in the operation of said mines? |
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adds artillery to his soft-plastic Union forces.
