Timeline for Was the American Civil War the first to include multiple multi-day battles?
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| Aug 31, 2016 at 11:04 | comment | added | User999999 | Just read about the Battle of Molodi. dating back to 1572. And directly this history post came to mind :) | |
| Feb 17, 2014 at 13:45 | comment | added | Razie Mah | @Darek Sieges were used in the American Civil War. The Siege of Vicksburg is a notable example. | |
| Feb 17, 2014 at 13:42 | comment | added | Razie Mah | @Drux. The only multiday battle in the Crimean War that is not a siege is the Battle of Suomenlinna. The question is not about naval bombardments; it's about land battles. "American exceptionalism" is a term coined by Stalin, ironically, that refers to the characteristics that prevent the US from becoming communist. If you can connect that to the conduct of Civil War generals, please do. | |
| Apr 3, 2013 at 21:42 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Apr 2, 2013 at 8:15 | comment | added | Drux | @T.E.D. okay, I've given it a try. | |
| Apr 1, 2013 at 22:01 | comment | added | T.E.D.♦ | Its very tempting to attempt to answer the question you posed in your first paragraph. Perhaps you should make it a proper question. | |
| Apr 1, 2013 at 13:58 | comment | added | Drux | @DarekWędrychowski yes perhaps, but I think the age of siege warfare was over by then plus most settlements in the new world would not have had the kind fortifications with stone walls, bastions, etc., that were common e.g. in Europe during that past age, while cannons were the same or better. | |
| Apr 1, 2013 at 13:36 | comment | added | Darek Wędrychowski | Or because it was a civil war, they didn't want to make sieges against their own towns and preferred to meet at the open field? | |
| Apr 1, 2013 at 9:54 | comment | added | Drux | @RickyDerner And welcome to History StackExchange BTW. | |
| Apr 1, 2013 at 9:48 | history | answered | Drux | CC BY-SA 3.0 |