During the civil war, were there light bulbs in the US?

Question

In another word, it was invented before or after the war.

Answer 1

No electric light bulbs during the Civil War. Lighting was either by candellight or gas light, depending upon where you lived.

Thomas Edison did not invent the lightbulb, but improved on it in 1879. The problems with incandecent bulbs before then was they just could not get any life out of the bulbs. They burned out quite quickly, and were not practical.

Answer 2

Light bulbs were invented after the Civil War by Thomas Edison around the time of the Cleveland administration.

Answer 3

Light Bulbs were not invented before the civil war.

Answer 4

No.

American Civil War 1861-65
Edison begins working on the light bulb 1870
Edison first bulb patented 1879

Answer 5

It appears that I am the only one to respond to understand the source for your question. Clearly you have seen "Gone With The Wind" and noticed the faux paus during the burning of Atlanta when the camera pulls back and an Atlanta street light passes in front of the camera and clearly in the lamp is an incandescent light bulb. This was clearly a goof in "Gone With the Wind"--no one caught it then and no one EVER dreamed that seventy years later people would be talking about it on something called the Internet.

Answer 6

yo yo yo check it light was invented in the civil war yo so it must have come later

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Answer 7

google edison