he took over and it became the new haven company and that was benjamin tyler henry.e made something that would actually fire and the civil war was on the horizon at thisrepean point. this was going to be great for the boys. they would realize this is going to revolutionize warfare andth it's going to be less dangerous. okay lets go. so he's off and is very interested in the idea and lincoln tested both that are made here in connecticut. he declared it and lincoln was interested but as it is so often the case with anything to do with the military expenditure, the bureaucrats got in the way so the ordinance part headed by the brigadier general chief ordinance was going to waste money and the soldiers used toot much ammunition. he just assumed it wasn't going to be effective and thought that it was a stupid technology so he deliberately went slowly on alll the orders as a result that very few were actually used. but the word dead spread and the soldiers used their own money and in the book one of myy ri favorite is the illinois volunteer all of whom had gotten that henr