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    Civil War & Ukraine War Article on Parallels/Anglo-French Intervention ACW

    Err... that makes the Samurai a mounted archer, not a dragoon. A dragoon, by definition, is a infantry unit that uses horses to rapidly get into position but then fights on foot. Some Samurai may have fought like that, but they were horse archers first and foremost. And formations of Mounted...
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    Civil War & Ukraine War Article on Parallels/Anglo-French Intervention ACW

    You sure you're not confusing the sides? Cursory research shows, for instance. That the most common rifle used by the Union Army, the Springfield 1861, was entirely produced in the US, as were every other rifle commonly used by the Union I could find. And while it appear some precursor...
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    Civil War & Ukraine War Article on Parallels/Anglo-French Intervention ACW

    Oh for... the United States of 1810s and the United States of 1860s are two utterly and completely different beasts in ways no European can really grok due to the inherent different nature of the US to typical European countries. The first major difference is this: Bulgarian Population in...
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