Annotated Bibliography

Primary Sources:

Documents

National Archives and Records Administration,​ National Archives and Records Administration,
www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=821.

This is the design paper of the Gatling gun. It’s adopted by the U.S. on August 21,
1866. This helped us to know more about the structure of the gatling since this is the
original model.

HyperWar: The Machine Gun (Vol. I/Part II)​,

www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/MG/I/MG-2.html.

This shows the detailed background of Richard Gatling and motivation of making
the Gatling Gun. There are some documents and diaries that he wrote. It helped us to
know more about the inventor of the Gatling gun.

“Austro-Hungarian Rapid Repeating Gatling Gun.” ​Gatling Austro Hungarian Rapid

Repeating Guns​, web.archive.org/web/20090804011933/sunblest.net/gun/Gatling.htm.

This mentioned about the war that Gatling gun was used. Compared to the
secondary source that we found, this gives more specific information on a certain war.
Articles:

“The Gatling Gun.” ​Civil War Guns,​ 1 Jan. 1970,

civilwarguns.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-gatling-gun.html.

This showed the whole history of the Gatling gun. We pick some significant and
reasonable information to talk about.

Secondary Sources:

Articles/Documents:

History.com Editors. “Firearms.” ​History.com​, A&E Television Networks, 28 Feb. 2018,

www.history.com/topics/inventions/firearms.

This article was the first source that we use, we find and understand the basic
background about firearms here. This is where we decide which weapon we’re talking
about.

Firearms History and the Technology of Gun Violence,​

www.library.ucdavis.edu/exhibit/firearms-history-and-the-technology-of-gun-violenc.

This website provides many information about firearms. This gave us more ideas
about firearms and helped us plan our process.

“Machine Gun.” ​Wikipedia​, Wikimedia Foundation, 29 Nov. 2020,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun.

After we decide to focus on Machine guns, we find these sources to find the list of
machines in history. Then we decide which machine gun we want to talk about.
“Machine Guns.” ​Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources,​

www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_35_261.html.

This website talks about the structure of the gatling gun. Moreover, also let us know
that there is a competitor which is against the Gatling and makes the Gatling gun fall, the
maxim gun.

“Gatling Gun.” ​Encyclopædia Britannica,​ Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,

www.britannica.com/technology/Gatling-gun.

This article explains the structure of the Gatling gun too. This website helps us
compare the reliability of the secondary source.

Moss, Matthew. “The History of the Gatling Gun.” ​Popular Mechanics​, Popular Mechanics, 4

Sept. 2020, www.popularmechanics.com/military/a22451/history-gatling-gun/.

This website talk about how the Gatling spread to other countries from the U.S. ,
also how was it used by other countries. This helps us by knowing how the Gatling gun
effects, related, and connected to the communication of the world.

“Minigun.” ​Wikipedia​, Wikimedia Foundation, 8 Nov. 2020,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minigun#:~:text=The ancestor to the modern,new invention at the

time.

This website was mainly talking about the offspring of the Gatling gun. Which is
called the minigun in the modern day. This website is useful by letting us understand the
evolution and the development of Gatling guns in the past hundred-year.
“History of the Firearm.” ​Wikipedia,​ Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Nov. 2020,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_firearm.

This website covered the history of firearms. This website helps us by explaining the
history and development of firearms. This another source that made us consider the
Gatling gun as our topic.

U.S. Civil War Technology- the Gatling Gun​,

learningabe.info/gatlingactivity_Info.html#:~:text=The Gatling gun was first,during the

American Civil War.&text=Gatling guns were even mounted,but continuous rate of fire.

This article specifically mentioned and explained the uses of Gatling guns during the
U.S. Civil War. This website helps us understand how powerful the Gatling gun was just
invented.

“Richard Jordan Gatling.” ​Encyclopædia Britannica​, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,

www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Jordan-Gatling.

This website was talking about the life of Richard Gatling. Letting us know more
about his information.

“Richard Jordan Gatling.” ​Wikipedia​, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Aug. 2020,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jordan_Gatling.

This website also talks about the background of Richard Gatling. Moreover, helping
us find some primary sources.
“1861 In the United States.” ​Wikipedia​, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 Oct. 2020,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861_in_the_United_States.

This website cites the war that a Gatling gun appeared during the war in the US.
The main reason that we cite this website is to keep on track of the event when the Gatling
gun appears.

Parramore, Thomas C. “Gatling Gun.” ​NCpedia​, www.ncpedia.org/gatling-gun.

This website had mentioned the motivation of making the Gatling gun. Moreover,
briefly mentioned what and how other countries use the Gatling gun. Letting us
understand the trading routes of the spread of Gatling guns.

Videos:

historychannel. “Top Shot: Bulldog Gatlin Gun | History.” ​YouTube,​ YouTube, 22 Sept. 2011,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdHQIKoLqjo.

This video briefly talks about the structure of the Gatling gun, and a demo of firing the
Gatling gun. This is also the video that we are going to use for the website.

XboxAhoy. “Minigun.” ​YouTube​, YouTube, 20 Mar. 2015,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff73iFNF2Lw.

This video shows that development of the minigun. This video helped us to
understand how Gatling was involved for humans to use the idea of Gatling to invent
minigun.

7dc. “The Story of the Gatling Gun.” ​YouTube,​ YouTube, 25 Feb. 2007,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1CmTNoHt4c.

This was a video discussing the story of a gatling gun. Although we aren’t going to
use it for our website. However, letting us know it’s power, it’s a great video by showing a
comparison between the Gatling and the weapon during that age in the U.S..

Images:

“History of the Firearm.” ​Wikipedia,​ Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Nov. 2020,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_firearm#/media/File:Yuan_chinese_gun.jpg

This is our first idea of the topic of our presentation. However, after knowing the
information of firearms from China is a little vague, hard to find. So we decide to focus on
the western weapon.

“Larger Image.” ​National Archives and Records Administration,​ National Archives and Records
Administration,

www.archives.gov/global-pages/larger-image.html?i=%2Fhistorical-docs%2Fdoc-conten
t%2Fimages%2Fgatling-gun-l.jpg.

This shows the picture of the first idea of the Gatling gun. Help us understand the
model of the Gatling gun easier.

“Richard Jordan Gatling.” ​Encyclopædia Britannica​, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,

www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Jordan-Gatling.

This is the picture of Richard Gatling which was found on the website of Richard
Gatling. We use this picture to support the page for the background of Richard Gatling.
“Newmarch Letters and Diary from the Zulu War 1879.” ​Adam Williams​,

www.adam-williams.net/2018/02/19/newmarch-letters-and-diary-from-the-zulu-w
ar-1879/.

The picture shows the use of Gatling guns by British during the Zulu War. This
picture will be used on our website to support the information.

Moss, Matthew. “The History of the Gatling Gun.” ​Popular Mechanics,​ Popular
Mechanics, 4 Sept. 2020,
https://hips.hearstapps.com/pop.h-cdn.co/assets/16/33/1024x857/gallery-1471624696-4.j
pg?resize=768:*.

This shows the Gatling gun in the Dakota Territory in 1877. We use this image to
give the audience a brief idea for the history of the Gatling gun.

Moss, Matthew. “The History of the Gatling Gun.” ​Popular Mechanics,​ Popular
Mechanics, 4 Sept. 2020,
https://hips.hearstapps.com/pop.h-cdn.co/assets/16/33/4000x2298/gallery-1471624608-5.
png?resize=768:*.

This is the design paper of Gatling gun for improvement. This picture helps us
understand more about the development of the first Gatling gun.