It was no matter that Eads had never built a gunboat in his life. He had never built a gunboat ever. Instead, he completed 700 of them in 100 days. It's unbelievable. The river ships that Eads built were so strong that the Navy deployed them into the ocean to secure the gulf. They served their purpose. They defended the Mississippi. And in doing so, they helped preserve our union. And so it kept growing. (14:23–14:30)
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