Why is the Civil War Considered the First Modern War?

Why is the Civil War considered the first Modern War?
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Why is the Civil War considered the first Modern War?
The American civil war was the first of the great modern wars. The war is considered as the first modern war because of the modern war technologies involving use of rifles, railroads to transport weaponry and large armies as well as use of the Prisoners of War (POW) camps and diseases.
The American civil war took place after the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution brought about the use of rifles by both warring sides of the war. The use of rifles by the armies caused extreme loss of lives in both the Union and the Confederacy. The railroad was also used to transport soldiers and weaponry in the battlefields. The use of rifles as modern weaponry and railroads to aid in the war changed the nature of combat to what was regarded as ...