Posted on 03/10/2017 1:28:55 AM PST by iowamark
Add to your list: the first effective submarine, aircraft carrier and railroads used for rapid transport of troops & equipment!
Aircraft carrier, USS George Washington Parke Custis (1861):
Submarine, CSS Hunley: 
Civil War railroad transportation:
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