Before the invention of the Gatling Gun
Richard J. Gatling, before the invention of the Gatling Gun, was an inventor of farm equipment. He created two inventions, a seed sower and a steam plower or tractor. Then from his cotton seed planter he created the wheat drill. From his cotton seed planter and cotton thinner would come to be the deadliest weapon of all time. He then moved to Indianapolis and married Jemima Taylor Sanders; this is where Gatling came up with the idea of the weapon.
Gatling Gun during Spanish American War.
The steam tractor was aslo invevnted by Richard Jordan Gatling.