Origins of Armour No. 1: An Armoured Fighting Vehicle for the American Civil War: Joel W. Andrews' Flying Gun and Bayonet Battery of 1861

This is the first volume in a series that explores the designs of armoured vehicles before 1915. These are designs which have often been forgotten, ignored, or even ridiculed.

Each volume places the design within its historical context, and examines, in detail, the vehicle's armour, armament and means of propulsion. The vehicle's practicality as a viable weapon of war is also analysed.

This volume considers the design of an early American armoured vehicle. In 1861, Joel Andrews of Pennsylvania, patented a novel idea for a 'Flying Gun and Bayonet Battery.' Presumably, he hoped his invention would give the Union forces a distinct advantage on the battlefields of the American Civil War.