What I thought was interesting about the civil war was actually two things. For One, every time a soldier died, it was an American! We were basicly fighting with ourselves in a way. We were fighting with our brothers. Second, I thought it was cool that this was the first year we used modern technology for battles. Like the Gatling gun And Iron Clad Ships. We used torpedoes and missiles, Trains for carrying supplies, and Submarines too. I thought the civil war was really interesting in many ways.