In early trials of the Gatling gun, it was regarded by the military as a supplement to artillery. Butler later used the Gatlings to hold a bridgehead against Confederate cavalry at the James River. He invented the Gatling gun, a rapid fire weapon, and had the first prototypes made here in the city. Twelve of the Gatling guns were built, and a few of them were sold to General Benjamin Butler for 1,000 each. Oliver Howard used Gatling guns in the Nez Perce War of 1877-78.ДЄlthough Army leaders debated just how well the guns worked, I have to believe the sheer firepower exhibited by these weapons was bound to have a psychological effect on the Indians. 1903) was an Indianapolis inventor and physician. During the Red River War in Texas, they were used against the Cheyenne on August 30, 1874. They were used to rake Cheyenne positions in Oklahoma in 1875, killing six. George Custer declined taking Gatling guns in to battle at the Little Big Horn in June 1876 because he thought they would hamper his mobility (probably a big mistake on his part). The military was split on the effectiveness of the Gatling gun during the Indian Wars. Like the Hotchkiss вЂњMountainвЂќ gun, it could go anywhere a wheeled vehicle went-which meant it was rarely used in timber or rough mountain country. GatlingвЂ™s devices (known today as the Gatling Gun) were eventually used in the Civil War, but the true era of the machinegun was still in the future. The forerunner to the machine gun, the Gatling gun fired 350 rounds a minute (if it didnвЂ™t jam) from a bank of 10 revolving barrels turned by a crank and fed from a hopper. Firing 350 rounds a minute, the Gatling gun was without equal in the era of single-shot guns. It was first used by the Union Army during the American Civil War. He used them at the siege of Petersburg, VA in 1864 1865. I know that Gatling guns were used during the Civil War and Spanish-American War, but were they ever used during the Indian Wars? If youre craving to shoot a gatling gun, well you can now turn your AR-15 into one.

Gatling gun used in civil war