American Civil War Weapons
By: David Edwards
Refers to weapons that we use during the American Civil War by Union and Confederacy soldiers during the years 1861-1865. During the war, a variety of weapons were used on both sides. These weapons include edged weapons such as knives and swords, firearms such as handguns, rifled-muskets, breech loaders and repeating weapons, various field guns such as artillery, and new weapons such as the early grenade and machine gun. The Civil War is often to referred as the "modern" war in our time as it included the most advanced technology and innovations of warfare available at the in battle. Some of the innovations and advances of the Civil War included mass production of war materiel, rifling of gun barrels(including the fatal Minie Bowl), the advent of repeating firearms and metallic cartridges, ironclad warships, advances in medicine, communication(esp. Morse Code), and transportation(trains), and the gradual decline of tactics from our centuries.
By: David Edwards
Refers to weapons that we use during the American Civil War by Union and Confederacy soldiers during the years 1861-1865. During the war, a variety of weapons were used on both sides. These weapons include edged weapons such as knives and swords, firearms such as handguns, rifled-muskets, breech loaders and repeating weapons, various field guns such as artillery, and new weapons such as the early grenade and machine gun. The Civil War is often to referred as the "modern" war in our time as it included the most advanced technology and innovations of warfare available at the in battle. Some of the innovations and advances of the Civil War included mass production of war materiel, rifling of gun barrels(including the fatal Minie Bowl), the advent of repeating firearms and metallic cartridges, ironclad warships, advances in medicine, communication(esp. Morse Code), and transportation(trains), and the gradual decline of tactics from our centuries.
